Trump, Xi and Putin set for inaugural trilateral talks in Shenzhen

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The White House says Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will hold their first three-way meeting next week in Shenzhen, alongside the APEC summit. The talks come as the US and Russia have no limits on their nuclear arsenals for the first time in more than 50 years, and Trump has proposed a new agreement involving China.

The New START treaty expired in February, and Trump rejected Russia’s offer to extend it for a year. A senior US official said an agreement was not expected and described the meeting as the start of a conversation. Trump plans to discuss the Iran war, but not Ukraine; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has voiced concern about a Ukraine deal being discussed without Kyiv.

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In short

Trump, Xi and Putin are due to meet next week in Shenzhen.
The US and Russia have no nuclear arms treaty limits.
Ukraine is not expected to be on Trump’s agenda.

How this story developed

31 minutes ago A senior US official said the Shenzhen talks were unlikely to produce an agreement and would instead begin discussions on a new nuclear deal that Trump wants China to join.
37 minutes ago The White House said Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin would meet for the first time as a trio in Shenzhen next week, as the US and Russia have been without nuclear-arms limits since the New START treaty expired in February.