The White House confirmed that the meeting would take place in Shenzhen, southern China, where Trump is scheduled to attend the two-day summit involving 21 member economies.\n<\/p>\n
Olivia Wales, White House spokeswoman\u00a0 said the discussions would include efforts to reduce nuclear weapons, following the expiration of a major arms control agreement between Washington and Moscow in February.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president has made it clear that, among other topics, he will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, whose proliferation President Trump believes is very dangerous,\u201d Wales told reporters.<\/p>\n
She added that Trump would conclude his visit with a meeting involving the three leaders.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Trump will conclude his visit to China with a trilateral meeting between the president of the United States, the president of the People\u2019s Republic of China, and the president of the Russian Federation,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n
Read also:From real-life survival to the big screen: A tray of locust beans premieres in Lagos<\/a>\n<\/p>\n Russia has confirmed its participation, while China had yet to publicly respond to the announcement. However, a senior US official said no agreement was expected to emerge from the talks, according to reports by Reuters and the Associated Press.\n<\/p>\n Iran is also expected to feature in the discussions, although Ukraine is not currently on the agenda.<\/p>\n Nuclear arms control in focus\n<\/p>\n The planned meeting comes at a critical time for global nuclear security following the expiration in February of the last major nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia.\n<\/p>\n The agreement, which placed limits on the two countries\u2019 strategic nuclear arsenals, had provided important safeguards against an unrestricted expansion of their weapons programmes.\n<\/p>\n Its expiration has left the world\u2019s two largest nuclear powers without major legally binding limits on their strategic arsenals, raising concerns about a renewed arms race.\n<\/p>\n The United Nations has urged Washington and Moscow to negotiate a replacement framework without delay.<\/p>\n Trump has previously suggested that a new agreement should include China, arguing that Beijing\u2019s expanding nuclear capabilities make its participation necessary.\n<\/p>\n Read also:\u00a0Trump admits deportation crackdown went too far, signals deal for migrants<\/a>\n<\/p>\n However, bringing China into an arrangement designed around the much larger American and Russian arsenals presents a major challenge. Beijing has traditionally resisted joining nuclear arms reduction negotiations, maintaining that its arsenal remains considerably smaller than those of Washington and Moscow.\n<\/p>\n Former US officials and security analysts have also warned that securing cooperation from all three countries could take years because of their different security priorities and levels of nuclear capability.\n<\/p>\n Russia-China ties and US relations<\/p>\n The meeting will also take place against the backdrop of closer economic and diplomatic ties between Moscow and Beijing since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.\n<\/p>\n Western sanctions have restricted Russia\u2019s access to major markets, increasing its reliance on China as a trading partner and a buyer of its energy exports.\n<\/p>\n Beijing has maintained economic relations with Moscow despite pressure from Western governments, while continuing to present itself as a supporter of diplomatic solutions to international conflicts.\n<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s relationship with Putin has also attracted attention, particularly following Washington\u2019s recent moves concerning Russian energy exports and the easing or suspension of some sanctions affecting major buyers of Russian oil and gas.\n<\/p>\n Meanwhile, relations between Washington and Beijing have remained a mixture of cooperation and competition despite efforts by Trump and Xi to improve diplomatic ties through meetings in Beijing and Washington this year.<\/p>\n Trade, competition for leadership in artificial intelligence and tensions over Taiwan remain unresolved issues between the two economies.\n<\/p>\n The conflict involving Iran has added another point of disagreement, given China\u2019s position as Tehran\u2019s largest oil buyer and a major trading partner.\n<\/p>\n Trump is expected to arrive in Shenzhen late on Wednesday for the APEC summit and hold separate bilateral discussions with Xi on Thursday. The trilateral meeting with Putin is expected to follow.\n<\/p>\n His visit will also include participation in an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Philippines on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n Wales said the trip was intended to deliver economic and diplomatic gains for Washington and strengthen American interests in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n The planned gathering will bring together three leaders whose countries hold significant influence over global security, trade and nuclear policy. However, with no immediate agreement expected, the meeting\u2019s significance will depend largely on whether their discussions can create room for cooperation on issues that have repeatedly divided them.<\/p>\n Faith Omoboye is a foreign affairs correspondent with background in History and International relations. Her work focuses on African politics, diplomacy, and global governance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Source: <\/p>\n Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are expected to hold their first trilateral meeting on the sidelines of next week\u2019s Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in China, bringing the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Related News<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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