--- title: "Kremlin allows for a meeting of Putin, Trump, and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in Shenzhen" description: "The Kremlin confirmed that Putin and Xi Jinping discussed at the SCO summit a possible meeting with Trump at the APEC summit in Shenzhen on November 18–19. No final agreement on the format has been reached yet." date: 2026-09-01T18:34:00.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/putin-trump-xi-meeting-apec-shenzhen-2026 tags: [apec-summit, putin, trump, xi-jinping, russia-us-china, kremlin, shco-summit] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Kremlin allows for a meeting of Putin, Trump, and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in Shenzhen ![Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit backdrop: Kremlin hints at trilateral meeting with Trump in Shenzhen](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/01/putin-tramp-si-vstrecha-ates-shenchen-2026/putin-tramp-si-vstrecha-ates-shenchen-2026-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - Putin's aide Ushakov reported that Putin and Xi Jinping discussed at the SCO summit in Bishkek a possible meeting with Trump. - Both a trilateral format and separate bilateral meetings are being considered. - The APEC summit on November 18–19 in Shenzhen is named as the potential venue. - There is no final agreement yet in the Kremlin on a joint meeting of the three leaders — the scenario is merely “allowed for.” The Kremlin has publicly spoken about a possible top-level meeting involving the leaders of Russia, the United States, and China. According to the outlet, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, in a conversation with journalist Pavel Zarubin for the Izvestia news service, confirmed that Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping had discussed such a scenario at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek. ### Format of the possible meeting As Ushakov reported, the parties were considering not only holding a full trilateral summit but also the option of separate bilateral contacts. “Xi Jinping, as the host, noted that, apparently, Trump will come, and obviously Putin will come as well, also as an invitee. And if everything works out as was said, then a meeting of the three could be organized, or at the very least a meeting with each of them is guaranteed,” Ushakov quoted his source as saying. ### Venue and timing A potential venue for such an event could be the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, scheduled for November 18–19 in Shenzhen, China. It is precisely this international event, by Moscow's logic, that could provide the format in which the three leaders would find themselves in one place and be able to hold both a joint and pairwise meetings. ### Contradictory data Here it is important to distinguish between what has already been confirmed and what remains in the realm of assumptions. On the one hand, the very fact that Putin and Xi Jinping discussed a trilateral format at the SCO summit in Bishkek has been confirmed by Ushakov himself and recorded by several outlets. On the other hand, the Kremlin explicitly states that there is no final agreement yet on a joint meeting of the three leaders: officially, the scenario is merely “allowed for.” Thus, formulations about an “upcoming meeting” run ahead of the official position, which is limited to acknowledging the possibility. ### Context: deadlocked negotiations The discussion of such a meeting is taking place against the backdrop of reports that US attempts to advance negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine have hit a dead end. In the same context, it is mentioned that in June Rodney Mims-Cook Jr. held closed-door talks in Saint Petersburg with representatives of the Kremlin, including Putin's aide Anton Kobyakov. These signals indicate that communication channels between Moscow and Washington, despite the public deadlock, continue to function. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Kremlin speaks of meetings of Putin, Trump, and Xi Jinping](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/kremli-zagovorili-zustrich-putina-trampa-1788287465.html) - Фиксирует заявление Ушакова об обсуждении формата на саммите ШОС в Бишкеке. - [Ushakov: trilateral meeting of Putin, Trump, and Xi Jinping could take place at the APEC summit](https://online47.ru/2026/09/01/ushakov-trekhstoronnyaya-vstrecha-putina-trampa-i-si-tszinpina-mozhet-sostoyatsya-na-sammite-ates-242947) - Подтверждает привязку возможной встречи к саммиту АТЭС. - [Ushakov allows for a meeting of Putin, Trump, and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit](https://www.m24.ru/news/01092026/936565) - Использует формулировку «допустил», что согласуется с отсутствием окончательной договоренности. - [Kremlin aide says Putin, Trump, and Xi could meet at the next APEC summit](https://www.kiprinform.com/news/pomoschnik-kremlya-zayavil-chto-putin-tramp-i-si-mogut-vstretitsya-na-sleduyuschem-sammite-ates/) - Подтверждает источник заявления (помощник Кремля) и площадку АТЭС. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: When and where could the meeting of Putin, Trump, and Xi Jinping take place? **A:** According to Ushakov, the potential venue could be the APEC summit on November 18–19 in Shenzhen. No final agreement has been reached yet. ### Q: Has the meeting of the three leaders already been confirmed? **A:** No. The Kremlin merely allows for such a scenario; only the fact of its discussion by Putin and Xi Jinping at the SCO summit in Bishkek has been confirmed. ### Q: What formats of the meeting were discussed? **A:** Both a full trilateral summit and the option of separate bilateral meetings with each of the leaders were considered.