SHENZHEN, November 13. /Dunyo IA/. Presidents Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, scheduled to take place on November 18–19 in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, reports Dunyo IA correspondent, citing Reuters.

The summit will be chaired by President of China Xi Jinping. In addition to the U.S. and Russian presidents, expected participants include the leaders of the Philippines, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Vietnam.

Particular attention will focus on the possible talks between the three presidents, which could address nuclear disarmament, the conflict in Ukraine, U.S.-China trade relations, artificial intelligence, as well as the situation in the Middle East and its impact on the global economy.

By this point, Russian Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed that the Russian and U.S. Presidents will meet in Shenzhen to discuss the conflict in Ukraine. It is still unknown whether they will hold a trilateral meeting with Xi Jinping.

Notably, the leaders of the three countries previously attended the same APEC summit in 2017 in Da Nang, Vietnam, where they appeared together in the official group photograph. However, no trilateral talks were held at the time.

APEC is an international economic forum established in 1989 in Canberra, Australia. It brings together 21 Asia-Pacific economies and aims to promote trade, investment, economic growth and regional cooperation. Its members account for approximately 62% of global GDP and nearly half of worldwide trade.

The Shenzhen summit will mark the third time China has hosted the APEC gathering. Previous meetings of APEC leaders in China were held in Shanghai in 2001 and Beijing in 2014.

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