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Trump expressed his willingness to participate in three-way talks with Xi Jinping and Putin. Putin previously raised the idea of meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, but the Chinese Foreign Ministry has not made a clear position.
President of RussiaPutin The heads of state of the United States and China are scheduled to meet during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit in Shenzhen in November to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war.trump China expressed willingness to participate, but China has made no public statements. The Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese officials are concerned that geopolitical issues involved in the three-party talks will obscure China’s intention to use APEC to demonstrate its regional role.
Reuters reported on the 19th that US President Trump said he was willing to attend a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.Xi Jinping The trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin are likely to focus on nuclear disarmament.
The Russian Kremlin has previously said Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping could hold trilateral talks on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen next month.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry held a regular press conference today. a reporter from Japan’s Kyodo news agency asked. According to reports, Trump said that he is positive about holding three-way talks with China and Russia. Does China accept this proposal? In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, “At present, there is no information available on this issue.”
The Wall Street Journal reported on the 19th that Putin proposed meeting with Trump and Xi Jinping next month to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war under conditions beneficial to Russia. A former Russian intelligence officer revealed that Putin proposed the idea during a phone call with Trump on the 9th of this month. The phone call that day also led to the US-Russian diesel agreement, allowing the United States to buy Russian diesel and assist Russia in selling diesel on the global market.
Russia has proposed the idea to Beijing through diplomatic channels, and China has said it has no objection to holding the meeting as long as Trump agrees, according to people familiar with recent talks between Russia and China, according to the report.
The report quoted Yun Sun, director of the China program at the Stimson Research Center, a Washington think tank, as saying that China expected to be seen as a hub between major powers and become a potential mediator between the United States and Russia.
However, the report quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that some Chinese officials were worried that the three-party talks would overshadow China’s intention to use APEC to demonstrate its regional role.
People familiar with the matter also said Xi Jinping is trying to strike a careful balance between “continued support for Putin” and “maintaining China’s economic ties with Europe.” Such three-party talks could directly involve China in the Ukrainian conflict and provoke a backlash from European countries, which are already wary of China’s leanings toward Russia.
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Trump expressed willingness to participate in three-party talks and said the talks could focus on issues such as nuclear disarmament, indicating he is willing to negotiate with the leaders of China and Russia on the same platform.
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Putin proposed meeting Trump and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC leaders’ summit in Shenzhen in November to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war in a situation that would be more beneficial to Russia.
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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has not made any public statement, saying only that it has no information to provide at this time; Reports indicate that Beijing is concerned that the three-party talks will conceal China’s intention to demonstrate its regional role in APEC and increase diplomatic pressure on Europe.
