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The APEC summit annually brings together leaders from the Pacific region. In 2026, it will be hosted by China in the city of Shenzhen.
Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov announced the initiative to organize a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Shenzhen, China.
The APEC summit will be held in Shenzhen, China, on November 18–19.
The possibility of holding a trilateral meeting will depend on the confirmation of Donald Trump's participation in the APEC summit.
MOSCOW, October 6 - RIA Novosti. The initiative to organize a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump is behind Beijing if the American leader confirms his participation in the APEC summit, said Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov.
The APEC summit will be held in Shenzhen, China on November 18-19. Answering questions from journalists, Ushakov noted that so far there has been no practical elaboration of a trilateral meeting of the leaders.
“Since the APEC summit is being hosted by the Chinese side, I assume that first our Chinese friends will send out a draft program for the summit to all participants. And in this program, obviously, there will be some special windows for bilateral meetings and, possibly, for trilateral ones... If Trump confirms his participation, while, in my opinion, there is no 100% confirmation yet, the possibility of holding meetings in a trilateral format will depend on this. But the initiator, of course, will be the host,” - said Ushakov.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Donald Trump will confirm his participation in the APEC summit in Shenzhen
Possible · Within weeks
If Trump confirms participation, a trilateral meeting of leaders will be organized in the format of bilateral windows of the APEC summit
Possible · Within weeks

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