DID Press: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that President Donald Trump supports holding a trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
According to Rubio, the state of nuclear weapons worldwide and the risk of their proliferation are among the key issues Trump wants to discuss during the proposed meeting.
Rubio said Trump is interested in bringing the three leaders together to address nuclear weapons and related security concerns.
Earlier, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow, Beijing and Washington were exchanging views on the possible agenda for the trilateral meeting.
The proposed meeting is expected to take place on the sidelines of the APEC leaders’ summit in Shenzhen, China, on November 18–19. However, the format and agenda have yet to be finalised.