--- title: "Kremlin Confirms Date for First-Ever Trilateral Meeting of Trump, Putin, and Xi Jinping" description: "The Kremlin confirmed the date of the trilateral meeting of the leaders of the USA, Russia, and China: Trump, Putin, and Xi Jinping will gather on November 19 in Shenzhen on the sidelines of the APEC summit. The agenda focuses on nuclear disarmament, excluding the war in Ukraine." date: 2026-11-14T16:07:27.096Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/kremlin-confirms-trilateral-meeting-date tags: [trump, putin, xi-jinping, apec, shenzhen, nuclear-arms, us-russia-china] author: "Marina Slivenko, Alexander Buran" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Kremlin Confirms Date for First-Ever Trilateral Meeting of Trump, Putin, and Xi Jinping ![Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping with US, Russian, and Chinese flags in the background](https://xab.info/media/2026/11/14/kreml-nazval-datu-trehstoronney-vstrechi-trampa-putina-i-si-tszinpinga/kreml-nazval-datu-trehstoronney-vstrechi-trampa-putina-i-si-tszinpinga-1.webp) ## Key Points - The trilateral meeting of Trump, Putin, and Xi Jinping will take place on November 19 in Shenzhen as part of the APEC summit, confirmed Dmitry Peskov. - The White House stated that Trump will discuss the reduction of nuclear arsenals at the meeting. - The topic of the war in Ukraine will not be on the agenda; a separate bilateral meeting between Trump and Putin is not planned. Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov officially confirmed that a trilateral meeting of the leaders of the USA, Russia, and China will take place on November 19 in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. According to him, an agreement has been reached to hold a summit bringing together President Donald Trump, President Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir Putin. The announcement was made on November 14 and was reported by Russian agencies, later picked up by both Ukrainian and international media. ### Format and Venue: APEC Summit Sidelines The meeting will take place within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the summit of which is being hosted by Shenzhen this year. As Peskov noted, "an agreement has been reached to hold a trilateral meeting on the 19th between President Putin, Chairman Xi, and President Trump." He provided no additional details on the program or negotiation protocols. On the American side, the date and format were confirmed by Deputy White House Press Secretary Olivia Wells, noting that the leaders' meeting will take place on November 19 as part of the APEC forum. ### Nuclear Disarmament on the Agenda According to the White House, the key topic Trump intends to raise at the meeting is the reduction of nuclear arsenals. Olivia Wells emphasized that the US president views the proliferation of nuclear weapons as a serious threat and will discuss the issue of global reduction at the meeting in China. Thus, nuclear security and arms control become the primary substantive element of the summit, which Washington is focusing on. ### War in Ukraine Not on the Agenda Both sides — the Kremlin and the White House — indicate that the topic of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will not be discussed at the trilateral summit. The American administration explained that Washington has recently conducted a series of negotiations with Moscow, while Beijing is not part of this negotiation track, so raising the Ukraine issue in Shenzhen "does not seem appropriate." According to reports, China also shows no interest in discussing this topic during this meeting. ### No Bilateral Trump-Putin Meeting or Starlink A separate bilateral meeting between Trump and Putin is not planned. The issue of providing Ukraine with access to the Starlink satellite communication service, provided by Elon Musk's SpaceX, will also not be on the agenda. Although Musk himself will travel to China along with the American president, he will not participate in the negotiations between Trump, Putin, and Xi Jinping. ### Context: Risk of Disruption Over Format Earlier, Western media reported that the meeting of the three leaders could have been canceled due to disagreements over the format of the talks. Against this backdrop, the confirmation of the date and venue by the Kremlin and the White House means that organizational disagreements have been resolved. It was noted separately that the Russian side wanted to discuss ending the war in Ukraine at the meeting, but as follows from the statements of both parties, this topic did not make it into the final Shenzhen agenda. ## Fact-Check & Sources - [Кремль назвал дату встречи Трампа, Путина и Си Цзиньпина](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/kreml-nazvav-datu-zustrichi-trampa-putina-1794671453.html) - Primary source: Peskov's statement regarding the November 19 summit in Shenzhen, agenda excluding Ukraine, focus on US-led nuclear disarmament. - [Кремль назвал дату встречи Путина, Си Цзиньпина и Трампа на полях АТЭС](https://www.rbc.ru/politics/14/11/2026/6af879e1527434ab3e497f4e) - Подтверждает дату 19 ноября и формат на полях саммита АТЭС. - [Трамп, Путин и Си Цзиньпин встретятся 19 ноября: Кремль раскрыл подробности саммита](https://tsn.ua/ru/svit/tramp-putin-i-si-tszinpin-vstretyatsya-19-noyabrya-kreml-raskryl-podrobnosti-sammita-3216903.html) - Прямая цитата Пескова от 14 ноября; подтверждение даты зампресс-секретарем Белого дома Оливией Уэлс. - [Кремль указал на значимость встречи Путина, Трампа и Си для мира](https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2026/10/23/1239594-kreml-ukazal) - Контекст: оценка Кремлем значимости встречи для мировой повестки. ## FAQ ### When and where will the meeting of Trump, Putin, and Xi Jinping take place? On November 19 in the Chinese city of Shenzhen during the APEC summit. ### Who confirmed the date of the summit? The date was announced by Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov; it was confirmed by Deputy White House Press Secretary Olivia Wells on the US side. ### Will the war in Ukraine be discussed? No, according to statements from both sides, the conflict in Ukraine will not be on the agenda for the trilateral meeting. ### What is the main topic from the US side? The White House reported that Trump intends to discuss the reduction of nuclear arsenals.