Associated Press: Trump to negotiate with Putin and Xi Jinping about Iran war
The Associated Press, citing a senior American official, reported that Donald Trump intends to discuss the Iran war in a trilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping on Thursday, November 19, but will not bring up the issue of the Ukraine war.
The White House has confirmed that this meeting will take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, China.
According to this American official, another main goal of the meeting is to initiate trilateral negotiations for nuclear arms reduction, but no agreement is expected to be announced at the end.
This meeting is being held as the New START treaty, the last nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia, expired last February, and Trump has called for a new agreement involving China.
The Associated Press writes that analysts do not expect major agreements to be reached and believe that the meeting will have more symbolic significance.