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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the possibility of holding a trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at an upcoming summit in November, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is scheduled to be held in the Chinese city of Shenzhen on Nov. 18-19.
Russia has indicated that Putin will attend, although the White House has not yet announced whether Trump will take part.
Asked whether Trump and Putin discussed the idea of a trilateral meeting in Shenzhen during their phone call Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said: “Undoubtedly.”
“This potential possibility has been mentioned before, and there will be such an opportunity,” Peskov told reporters, including AFP.
APEC is an intergovernmental forum dating back to the 1980s.
The group, which includes Russia, China and the United States, is among the most important forums for economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.
The November summit comes as Washington pushes Russia to end the war in Ukraine and as ties between Moscow and Beijing continue to deepen.
U.S. envoys visited both Moscow and Kyiv last week but did not announce a breakthrough in talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
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