Moscow has not ruled out trilateral meeting between presidents of Russia, US, China, TASS reports

Moscow has not ruled out trilateral meeting between presidents of Russia, US, China, TASS reports
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Summary Russia said a trilateral meeting between Putin, Trump and Xi remains possible, but Moscow wants clarity on the agenda and expected outcome before preparations begin.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Deputy Foreign ​Minister Sergei Ryabkov said ‌on Sunday that Moscow has not ruled out a trilateral meeting ​between the presidents of ​Russia, the US and China has ⁠not been ruled out, ​state news agency TASS reported.

However, ​before moving on to the actual preparations for the meeting, it is ​necessary to understand what its ​agenda will be, Ryabkov said.

"Here, the ‌main ⁠question boils down to how the substance of the meeting will be formulated, and what ​we can ​expect ⁠as a result."

Earlier this month, Kremlin aide Yuri ​Ushakov raised the possibility of ​such ⁠a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping ⁠at ​the Asia-Pacific Economic ​Cooperation summit in Shenzen, China, in November.

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