Donald Trump says he thinks he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC leaders' summit in China next week, and that they would discuss ending the war in Iran. Reuters reports he made the remarks to reporters on Sunday 8 November, in a story carried by US News and Investing.com.
"We're trying to end the war in Iran"
According to Reuters, Trump said denuclearisation would also be discussed. In October he said he was open to three-way arms control talks with Xi and Putin focused on denuclearisation.
TRT World reports the summit is in Shenzhen. In the reports so far, neither Beijing nor Moscow has confirmed the meetings.
The remarks follow a Washington Post report on Friday that the Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, asked China to press Iran to end the war, and that China passed the message on to Tehran. Trump is now publicly putting Iran on the agenda for talks with Xi.