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YOU WONT BELIEVE: China to host first ever trilateral meeting between trump xi and putin next week - What They Never Told You

Russian nesting dolls featuring the likenesses of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping, on September 24, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Russia
Russian nesting dolls featuring the likenesses of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping, on September 24, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Russia. © Dmitri Lovetsky, AP

The three leaders are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen on Thursday, the White House confirmed. US officials said discussions will include nuclear weapons and the war in Iran, but that the war in Ukraine is unlikely to be on the agenda. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the talks could prove a Yalta-like "redistribution of spheres of influence".

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold the first three-way meeting between the leaders of the US, Russia and China at a summit in Shenzhen next week, the White House said Friday.

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