US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping plan to meet on the sidelines of a summit in China next week. The White House has given this information.
White House spokeswoman Olivia Wells told reporters that this historic meeting between the three leaders of America, Russia and China will take place when Trump will participate in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference to be held in China's southern city of Shenzhen.
He said, "The President has made it clear that he will talk on many issues including reducing nuclear weapons in the world. President Trump believes that the spread of nuclear weapons is very dangerous."
It is believed that Iran may also be discussed in this meeting of the world's largest nuclear powers, but the issue of Ukraine will not come up. However, Russia and China have not yet commented on this.
According to news agencies AP and Reuters, a senior US official, on condition of anonymity, said that no agreement is expected after this conversation.
Trump will reach Shenzhen late on Wednesday night. There will be a two-day conference between 21 member countries.
He will also hold separate talks with Xi Jinping on Thursday. This will be the fourth meeting of the two leaders after he assumes the post of US President again in 2025.
Meanwhile, Olivia Wells said, "Trump will conclude the trip with a meeting between the presidents of China and Russia."
He said that during this visit, Trump will attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conference to be held in the Philippines on Tuesday. The purpose of the visit is to "achieve historic successes for the American people and advance America's interests in the Indo-Pacific region."
The nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia expired in February.
After this, there is no longer any control over the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.
It also ended the cooperation that had helped end the Cold War.
The United Nations has appealed to both the countries to conclude a new agreement as soon as possible.
However, Trump had said that he could replace this agreement with a better agreement, in which China would also be included. China is building its arsenal.
Former senior US officials and experts had told BBC at that time that taking the cooperation of China and Russia in this agreement could create great difficulties and it could take several years.
Earlier this year, Xi Jinping hosted both Putin and Trump in Beijing, just days apart. At the same time, the US President welcomed the Chinese President in Washington in September.
China has become an important trading partner for Russia after it launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022.
Due to this attack, Russia has become isolated from many countries of the world and western countries have imposed many types of sanctions on it.
But last month, a controversial US deal to buy diesel from Russia and a decision to halt sanctions on Russia, Russia's biggest buyer of oil and gas, raised concerns among European countries.
They are beginning to feel that the Trump administration is softening its tough stance towards Russia.
Meanwhile, Trump and Xi Jinping have tried to portray their relations as improving during meetings in Beijing and Washington this year.
However, no major progress was seen on important issues like trade, race to get ahead in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Taiwan.
The ongoing war in Iran has also been a major reason for differences between the two countries.
China is the largest buyer of Iran's oil and its largest trading partner.
Chinese state media on Friday quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying Xi Jinping would participate in "bilateral" talks on the sidelines of the APEC summit.
However, state media have not made any reports about the trilateral meeting.
Earlier this month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state media that there were signs of preparation for such talks during the conference.
