Trump says likely to meet Putin, Xi in China

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Sunday he would likely be meeting with the leaders of Russia and China next week to discuss ending the Iran war.

Trump told reporters he expects to meet with Xi Jinping of China and Vladimir Putin of Russia at an Asia-Pacific summit in Shenzhen, China scheduled for November 18-19.

“Well, I’m going to be going to China,” Trump said, “and one of the meetings I think will be with President Putin and President Xi, and that’ll be interesting.”

He added: “We’ll talk a lot of things, including denuclearization, but we’ll be talking a lot of things. We’re trying to end the war in Iran.”