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Sunday | November 15, 2026 | Dhaka

Trump, Xi, Putin set for historic 3-way summit

They are expected to discuss nuclear arms and the Iran war
 International Desk
 Published: 12:05 AM, 15 November 2026  Updated: 11:58 PM, 14 November 2026

The leaders of the United States, China and Russia are set to hold an unprecedented three-way summit next week on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, China, the White House has confirmed.

US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the meeting, which is expected to focus on nuclear arms and the ongoing war involving Iran.

The announcement was confirmed by a White House assistant press secretary, marking a rare joint diplomatic engagement involving the leaders of the world’s three major powers.

The meeting comes nine months after the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between Washington and Moscow, expired in February, leaving the two countries without legally binding limits on their nuclear arsenals for the first time in more than five decades.

Trump has said the meeting could provide an opportunity to reach an agreement on nuclear stockpiles. He previously rejected Russia’s proposal to extend the New START treaty for another year, calling instead for a “new, improved and modernised” agreement that would also include China.

However, expectations of an immediate breakthrough remain low.
“We do not expect to get to any kind of agreement,” a senior Trump administration official told Reuters, describing the summit as the beginning of a conversation.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Russia has the world’s largest nuclear arsenal, followed by the United States and China.

A senior US official said Trump also planned to discuss the Iran war with Xi and Putin but would avoid raising Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is also expected to accompany Trump on his China visit, although he will not attend the three-way meeting. Trump is not expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the trip.

The planned summit has drawn comparisons with the 1945 Yalta Conference, where the leaders of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union discussed the post-World War II international order.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the comparison, saying any agreements reached in Shenzhen could not be imposed on other countries.

However, he described the proposed meeting as “extremely significant”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed concern that the summit could become a platform for discussing a possible settlement of the Ukraine war without Kyiv’s participation.

Trump has pursued closer relations with both Xi and Putin despite a trade dispute with China last year and Russia’s continuing war in Ukraine, over which Washington has been seeking a diplomatic settlement.

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