Russia does not rule out Putin meeting Trump and Xi
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At a glance
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping remains possible.
- Ryabkov said the participants would first need to agree on the meetingโs agenda and expected results.
- Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov recently raised the possibility of such a meeting at the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November.
Russia is leaving the door open to a three-way meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, but says the substance would have to be settled first.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the presidentsโ meeting could not be ruled out, according to the state news agency Tass. He stressed that preparations could begin only after the sides clarified what the agenda would contain.
โThe main question here is how the content of the meeting will be formulated and what we can expect as a result,โ Ryabkov said.
The possibility was recently raised by Yuri Ushakov, an adviser to Putin, who mentioned a potential meeting between the three leaders on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, in November.
The main question here is how the content of the meeting will be formulated and what we can expect as a result.
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