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Russia confirmed Saturday that President Vladimir Putin will meet U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Nov. 19, marking the first trilateral meeting between the leaders of the three powers.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the meeting would take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, confirming an announcement made by the White House on Friday.
"An agreement has been reached to hold a trilateral meeting on the 19th (of November) between President Putin, President Xi, and President Trump. This meeting will take place in Shenzhen on the sidelines of the APEC summit," Peskov told Russian state news agency TASS.
The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, the second day of the Nov. 18-19 APEC summit.
China has not yet formally confirmed the trilateral meeting.
According to the White House, the discussions will focus on reducing nuclear weapons globally and addressing the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
However, Russia's war in Ukraine is not expected to be discussed during the trilateral meeting, U.S. officials said Friday.
The White House said Washington was pursuing separate diplomatic negotiations with Moscow and Kyiv aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
The meeting would mark the first time the leaders of the United States, Russia and China have participated in a joint trilateral summit.
Trump said Nov. 8 that he expected to meet Putin and Xi during the APEC gathering.
China's Foreign Ministry had previously acknowledged Nov. 6 that discussions concerning a possible trilateral meeting were underway, although no agreement had been announced at that time.
Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said last month that preparations for the meeting had begun and that Moscow, Beijing and Washington were ready in principle to hold it.
Ushakov also said Russia and the United States had not agreed on a separate bilateral meeting between Putin and Trump on the sidelines of the summit.
Saturday's announcement marks Moscow's formal confirmation of the trilateral meeting, following Washington's announcement a day earlier.
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