The United States announces the US-China-Russia summit on the 19th... “There are no plans for a Trump-Kim Jong-un meeting.”

Trump, global nuclear reduction and Iran war table... I think the Ukraine game will be excluded.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seungwook Kim = The White House announced on the 13th (local time) that U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold the first-ever U.S.-China-Russia trilateral summit in Shenzhen, China, on the 19th.

The meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which attracted attention, is not expected to take place.

According to foreign media outlets such as AFP, Olivia Wales, in charge of public affairs at the White House, told reporters on this day that the leaders of the United States, China and Russia will hold a three-way meeting on the 19th on the occasion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to be held in Shenzhen, China from the 17th to the 19th.

Wales explained, “President Trump has made it clear that he will discuss the issue of reducing nuclear weapons around the world in addition to other agendas,” adding, “President Trump views this nuclear proliferation as very dangerous.”

According to senior U.S. government officials, President Trump plans to put nuclear reduction and the ongoing war against Iran on the agenda at this tripartite meeting. However, the war in Ukraine is not expected to be discussed.

A senior U.S. official, who requested anonymity, said, "The president is willing to discuss the Iran issue in a three-party meeting with President Xi and President Putin," but drew a line with regard to the war in Ukraine, saying there is a "completely separate negotiating track" that the U.S. is operating with Russia and Ukraine.

President Trump's special envoys recently held closed-door three-party negotiations with Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

“China is not part of that negotiating track, so it is not appropriate to discuss the Ukraine issue there,” a senior U.S. official said.

Additionally, a U.S. official said President Trump does not plan to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his visit to Asia next week, Reuters reported.

President Trump stated that he currently has no plans to meet with Chairman Kim in any way at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit held in Manila, Philippines from the 15th to the 17th, or the APEC summit held in Shenzhen, China from the 17th to the 19th.

President Trump has publicly expressed his desire to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un within the year.