Xi, Trump and Putin Summit: Beijing Confirms Talks Are Under Way

China confirms that a meeting between its leader Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is under discussion. Mao Ning, spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry, said so at a briefing in Beijing: China “is in communication with the parties concerned” about a meeting of the three heads of state.¹ The face-to-face meeting could take place on the sidelines of the APEC summit, the Asia-Pacific economic forum, which is being held this month in Shenzhen, in southern China.¹

What the experts say

According to Sun Yun, director of the China program at the Stimson Center, Russia would most likely use the summit to bring China and the United States closer to Moscow’s positions on Ukraine.¹ Danny Russel, a former senior State Department official under Barack Obama and now at the Asia Society Policy Institute, said instead that advisers have urged Trump to stay away from the subject of Ukraine in the talks.¹

The context around the summit

Xi and Trump are already expected at the same summit in China. On Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer had a “frank” phone call with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng about trade relations between the two countries.² On the ground, the war continues. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Friday that Moscow is preparing new attacks on energy, bridges over the Dnipro and civilian infrastructure. On Saturday, a missile attack damaged a residential building in Kyiv, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.¹

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Footnotes

1. Ukraine war briefing: Beijing confirms historic Xi-Trump-Putin meeting under discussion, Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian, 2026-11-07 ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. Top US, China officials raise trade ‘concerns’ as APEC approaches, Hong Kong Free Press, 2026-11-08 ↩