Trump-Putin Meeting at China Apec Summit on the Cards, Rubio Says
Rubio said there are no firm plans yet, but discussed a possible leaders’ meeting next month as tensions over Ukraine and nuclear risks remain high.
- On Saturday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the upcoming APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, during talks with Sergei Lavrov in Atlanta.
- European officials objected to appearing alongside Lavrov at the G20 gathering, prompting cancellation of a traditional family photo of ministers on Friday.
- Rubio told reporters the two had a "decent talk," emphasizing that "If we can play a role in mediating an end to that conflict, the United States is prepared to play that role."
- Dmitry Peskov said "President Putin's itinerary is still being prepared," though he confirmed the leaders would "communicate in one way or another" at APEC. Trump has also invited Putin to a December G20 summit at his Doral resort in Miami.
- President Donald Trump told reporters on Saturday that he would have "no problem" with inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to future discussions, broadening diplomatic scope on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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No concrete details yet on possible Trump-Putin meeting – Peskov
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there were no concrete details yet on a possible meeting between Putin and US President Donald Trump at the APEC summit, which is due to take place in Shenzhen, China.
In the Kremlin, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation is preparing a meeting with the President of the PRC, Xi Jinping, at the APEC summit, which was announced today, 2 November, by the press secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Sergei Lavrov about a possible meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in China in mid-November. The two ministers briefly spoke on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Atlanta. Discussions on the war in Ukraine remain at a standstill. - Towards a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in China in mid-November? (International).
The head of US diplomacy discussed with his Russian counterpart an exchange between the two presidents at the next Apec summit in China in mid-November The head of US diplomacy
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