File photo: President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 23, 2025. This is not a photograph of the reported Shenzhen meeting. Daniel Torok / The White House, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Cropped and resized.
President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Shenzhen on Thursday, November 19, the New York Post reported Friday, citing a White House official.
The planned three-way meeting would take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, with nuclear arms control expected to be the main focus, according to the Post’s report. The official said the discussions could also touch on the war in Iran and North Korea.
The report describes a planned meeting, not an arms-control agreement. No agreement on nuclear weapons or other issues was announced in the reporting.
A firmer reported arrangement
Trump had already raised the possibility of meeting both leaders. Speaking to reporters Sunday, he said he thought one of his meetings would be with Putin and Xi and that the discussions would include denuclearization and efforts to end the war in Iran, according to the Post.
Earlier discussions about a possible summit were reported this week after a call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The new development Friday is the Post’s report of a specific Thursday arrangement and its expected focus, rather than the first suggestion that talks might take place.
Confirmation and outcomes remain open
Reuters also carried the report Friday, expressly attributing the planned summit to the Post. That dispatch is not separate confirmation of the meeting. Reuters said the White House and the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to its requests for comment.
The Post published its report Friday afternoon and updated it at 4:53 p.m. Eastern. The reported meeting remains several days away, and the reporting does not establish what the leaders would agree to if the talks go ahead.
JBizNews Desk | Washington
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