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Trump to Meet Xi and Putin in China to Discuss Nuclear Proliferation
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In Short: US President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in China to discuss nuclear arms reduction.
What to watch as Trump, Xi and Putin could meet. Reuters
US President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in China to discuss nuclear arms reduction, the White House announced on Friday. According to ABP Live English and The New York Times, the meeting will take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Shenzhen.
ABP Live English and NBC News reported that the White House hopes this discussion will mark the beginning of a broader conversation involving all three countries. However, MEAWW News and Talk 650 KSTE noted that it remains unclear whether Beijing or Moscow intends to engage with Trump on nuclear arms reductions.
According to ABP Live English and Srnnews, Russia has the world's largest stockpile of stored nuclear warheads, followed by the United States and China. China has maintained for years that direct negotiations with Washington over its nuclear program are inappropriate, arguing that the US and Russia should first hold discussions.
The New York Times and Srnnews stated that China maintains secretive nuclear facilities and is on track to have 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, producing weapons at a pace that has worried the US. China has rebuffed attempts to talk about nuclear arms with Russia and the United States, which have the largest stockpiles of such weapons.
White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said Trump believes the proliferation of nuclear weapons poses a serious danger and wants to discuss reducing global nuclear stockpiles. The meeting will conclude Trump's trip to China, with nuclear weapons reduction among the key topics on the agenda.
The meeting will be the president's third with Xi this year and the leaders are expected to talk about the war in Iran and nuclear proliferation. However, the Kyiv Post reported that the president does intend to talk about Iran in the trilateral meeting with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
The New York Times and Srnnews stated that China has developed its nuclear arsenal without sufficient transparency, arguing that decisions made in Beijing have implications for international security. ABP Live English and Jpost confirmed that the White House will hold a trilateral summit with US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin during his upcoming visit to China.
The New York Times reported that China maintains secretive nuclear facilities and is on track to have 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, producing weapons at a pace that has worried the US. Srnnews reported that China has rebuffed attempts to talk about nuclear arms with Russia and the United States, which have the largest stockpiles of such weapons.
The White House confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that US President Donald Trump will hold a trilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin during his upcoming visit to China, with the war in Iran and the possibility of reducing the three countries' nuclear arsenals among the issues on the agenda.
China maintains secretive nuclear facilities and is on track to have 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, producing weapons at a pace that has worried the US. Srnnews reported that China has rebuffed attempts to talk about nuclear arms with Russia and the United States, which have the largest stockpiles of such weapons.
What's confirmed
- US President Donald Trump will raise the issue of nuclear arms reduction during an unprecedented meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in China next week, the White House said on Friday.
- According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Russia has the world's largest stockpile of stored nuclear warheads, followed by the United States and China.
- White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said Trump believes the proliferation of nuclear weapons poses a serious danger and wants to discuss reducing global nuclear stockpiles.
What's still developing
- Nothing material beyond the confirmed record.