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Russia leaves open possibility of Trump-Putin-Xi trilateral meeting

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Russia says it does not rule out a meeting between the presidents of Russia, the United States and China.
  • Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the agenda and possible outcome would need to be clarified before preparations began.
  • The meeting could take place on the sidelines of the APEC summit expected in November in Shenzhen, China.

Moscow is not ruling out a trilateral meeting between the presidents of Russia, the United States and China, but it wants to know what such a meeting would achieve before any preparations begin.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the agenda would first need to be clarified, particularly the possible outcome. “The main issue is how the substance of the meeting will be formulated and what we can expect as a result,” he said, according to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency.

His comments came days after Yuri Ushakov, a close Kremlin aide, also left open the possibility of a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Ushakov had referred earlier in the month to the prospect of talks on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

The APEC summit is expected to take place in November in Shenzhen, China. That could provide a setting for the three leaders to meet if they first agree on the agenda and objectives.

The main issue is how the substance of the meeting will be formulated and what we can expect as a result.

· Sergei RyabkovRussia’s deputy foreign minister said the meeting’s agenda and expected outcome must be clarified first.
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