Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS on Saturday that the presidents of the United States, Russia and China will hold a summit meeting in Shenzhen, China on November 19. “An agreement has been reached to hold a trilateral meeting on the 19th [of November] between President Putin, President Xi, and President Trump. This meeting will take place in Shenzhen on the sidelines of the APEC summit,” he said. Peskov’s statement followed confirmation of the summit by the White House on Friday night. As for Beijing, “China is in communication with relevant parties regarding a meeting between the three heads of state. If there is further information, we will release it in a timely way,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters earlier on Friday.

A senior U.S. official told reporters on background that Trump does plan on discussing the Iran war with Xi and Putin, but will steer away from discussing Ukraine, reported AP. The trilateral meeting is intended to serve as the “beginning of hopefully a conversation” on nuclear disarmament “that can be productive going forward,” said the U.S. official, who added that no agreements are expected to be announced. Media report that Trump administration officials reiterated their complaint about China holding back from engaging on the topic of the nuclear stockpile issue, and asserted with customary arrogance that the upcoming meeting is a time for China to “step up ... to the adult table” on a matter of international importance.