Wire reporting: (AP, via WSVN 7), (Reuters, via Al-Monitor), (AFP, via Dawn)

The White House said Saturday that President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping plan to meet Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen^1,6,17.

White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said Trump would discuss, among other topics, "the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world"^1,6,17. Senior U.S. officials, speaking without names, said Iran may also be raised and that they do not expect a nuclear agreement from the session^1,7,8.

The same officials said Ukraine is not expected on the three-way agenda, arguing China is not part of a separate U.S. track with Moscow and Kyiv^7,12,17. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said separately that planned talks with Trump in Shenzhen would still cover a Ukraine settlement⁷.

Trump is due to leave Washington on Monday, attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in the Philippines, then arrive in Shenzhen late Wednesday for the Nov. 18-19 APEC gathering^1,6,17. Wales said he will also hold bilateral talks with Xi on Thursday, their fourth meeting since he returned to office in 2025, and is not scheduled for a separate one-on-one with Putin^1,12.

The U.S.-Russia New START treaty expired in February 2026^1,7. Trump has said he wants any successor limits to include China, which has expanded its arsenal; Reuters, carried by Al-Monitor, reported that Beijing has long resisted joining U.S.-Russia nuclear talks^1,8.

Chinese state media on Friday described only bilateral talks on the APEC sidelines and had not reported a trilateral session¹. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier this month there were signals of readiness for such talks¹. Yonhap reported no plans for Trump to meet North Korea's leader on the trip⁵.

Some commentary compared the gathering to the 1945 Yalta conference; Times of India, citing Reuters-sourced people, said the agenda and format were still being negotiated⁴. What Beijing and Moscow will put on the table, and whether the three-way meeting happens as described, remains unconfirmed by those governments in the accounts reviewed^1,4.