The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said he should meet with Chinese and Russian counterparts during the APEC summit in China to discuss the end of the war in the Middle East.
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09/11/2026
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Lusa
O President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that he should meet with Chinese and Russian counterparts during the APEC summit in China to discuss the end of the war in the Middle East.
“I’m going to China,” Trump said on Sunday to journalists, adding that “one of the meetings, I think, will be with President [Russian Vladimir] Putin and President [Chinese] Xi [Jinping], and this will be interesting.”.
“ We're going to talk about a lot of things, including denuclearization, but we're going to address a lot of issues. We are trying to end the war in Iran,” he added.
The conflict, which began on 28 February 2026 with Israeli and American attacks against Iran, led to a blockade of the Strait of Ormuz, a strategic road to world trade in hydrocarbons, leading to rising oil prices.
On October 21, the Kremlin referred to the existence of preparations for a trilateral meeting, which would be the first among the leaders of the three countries.
Previously, the American newspaper Wall Street Journal reported that the Russian President was seeking to secure a meeting with US and Chinese counterparts to discuss a solution to the war in Ukraine in favour of Moscow.
The meeting may take place on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC), scheduled for November 18-19, in Shenzhen, southern China.
The possibility of a trilateral meeting is raising concern in Ukraine, which is afraid to see its interests sacrificed within the framework of an agreement between the major powers.
Washington's diplomatic efforts to put an end to the large-scale Russian military offensive against Ukraine, which began in February 2022, are so far at a standstill.