Putin and Trump to Meet at APEC Summit in Shenzhen, China

Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov announced a planned meeting between Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump at the APEC summit on November 18-19 in Shenzhen, China. Ushakov said active work is underway on the meeting's content, which may also involve Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Ushakov stated Putin and Trump could continue discussing the full range of Ukrainian settlement issues. The Wall Street Journal reported in October that Putin initiated the potential trilateral meeting, seeking a war end favorable to Moscow. Trump confirmed readiness for the trilateral meeting on October 19. Ukraine sought trilateral talks with the US and Russia before the summit, which occurred in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11. South China Morning Post reported Ukraine and Korean denuclearization were largely excluded from summit topics, with parties focusing on AI's role in nuclear weapons management.