# Moscow Says It Is Preparing Possible Trump–Putin–Xi Meeting at APEC Summit in Shenzhen

*Monday, October 26, 2026 at 8:07 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-10-26T08:07:23.950Z (3h ago)
**Category**: geopolitics | **Region**: Global
**Importance**: 7/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov says Moscow, Beijing and Washington are in principle ready for a possible trilateral meeting between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November, with a separate Trump–Putin session also under discussion.

The Kremlin says work has begun on arranging a potential meeting between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at next month’s APEC summit in Shenzhen, a gathering that would bring together the leaders of the United States, Russia and China at a moment of heightened tension over Ukraine and Asia’s security.

On 25 October, Yuri Ushakov, a senior aide to Russia’s president, announced that preparations were under way for a trilateral meeting between Putin, Trump and Xi during the Asia‑Pacific Economic Cooperation summit scheduled for 18–19 November. He said Moscow, Beijing and Washington were, in principle, ready for negotiations at the event.

Ushakov also mentioned that a separate bilateral meeting between Putin and Trump was being prepared. He did not spell out a detailed agenda for either session in the material provided.

If the trilateral encounter goes ahead, it would turn what is formally a regional economic forum into a venue for direct talks among the three main players in the current global power balance. For Russia, it would be a chance to show that, despite sanctions and the ongoing war in Ukraine, it still sits at the top table with the U.S. and China. For Beijing, hosting such a conversation in Shenzhen would underline its role as a diplomatic convener.

The issues likely to hang over any meeting include Russia’s war in Ukraine, sanctions, arms control, technology export restrictions and tensions in Asia. The Russian summary did not claim that specific deals were on the table, but simply putting the three leaders in the same room would create an opportunity to address multiple disputes at once.

Key signals in the run‑up to the summit will be whether U.S. and Chinese officials confirm or play down Ushakov’s comments, how Kyiv and European capitals respond in their own diplomacy, and whether there are any visible moves on issues such as prisoner exchanges, grain exports or sanctions adjustments around the APEC dates.