Trump to meet Xi and Putin in China at APEC summit next week

President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin next week on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China.

The meeting will be the president's third with Xi this year and the leaders are expected to talk about the war in Iran and nuclear proliferation, according to the White House. 

U.S. officials have been worried about China's nuclear arsenal in recent years and a U.S. treaty with Russia expired earlier this year, the White House told reporters on a call Friday.

“The president has made it clear that, among other topics, he will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, whose proliferation President Trump believes is very dangerous,” White House spokesperson Olivia Wales said.

Two White House officials told the New York Times that the president is also expected to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila early next week before traveling to Shenzhen for APEC, where he will be joined by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

The president is not expected to discuss the Jensen Huang scandal with Nvidia at the meeting.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.