Historic meeting of world leaders: Trump, Putin and Xi may meet

US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold a trilateral meeting for the first time in history.

According to TodayPress TV, the meeting is planned on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. The White House announced the plans.

The main topic of the meeting is expected to be nuclear arms reduction. According to CNN, Donald Trump also intends to discuss the US war against Iran with the Russian and Chinese leaders.

However, a senior US official said that Ukraine is not expected to be on the agenda.

The White House does not anticipate any immediate concrete agreements to emerge from the meeting. Washington views the encounter as the starting point for dialogue on nuclear disarmament.

It should be noted that the last treaty limiting strategic nuclear weapons between the United States and Russia – the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) – expired in February this year.

Donald Trump had previously rejected Moscow’s proposal to extend the treaty for another year. He stressed the need to negotiate a new agreement that would also include China.

According to Pentagon estimates, China has more than 600 nuclear warheads in its arsenal. The United States and Russia each possess more than 5,000 nuclear warheads.

Beijing has so far shown little interest in concluding an agreement to limit nuclear arsenals.