Trump announces meeting with Xi and Putin in China
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Libération (Maroc)
Donald Trump has announced he wants to take part in a trilateral meeting with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Apec summit, due on 18 and 19 November in China. He cited denuclearisation and the end of the war in Iran, a conflict launched on 28 February 2026, according to his remarks to the press.
US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday evening, from Florida, that he would take part in a trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of Apec, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, due on 18 and 19 November in China. According to Libération, Trump said the meeting ‘will be interesting’ and that denuclearisation would be on the agenda.
Trump also said he was ‘trying to end the war in Iran’. The conflict, launched on 28 February 2026, has led to a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic route for global hydrocarbon trade, and higher oil prices. Last week, he said that a peace agreement with Iran ‘could happen’. His vice-president, JD Vance, said he was ‘rather optimistic’ about the possibility of a negotiated deal, without giving a timeline.
