Trump, Putin and Xi to meet in China’s Shenzhen on Nov 19; evoke comparisons with 1945 Yalta conference

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The meeting would bring the leaders of the three major powers together on the sidelines of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. | World News

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump are set to hold a trilateral meeting in China's Shenzhen on November 19 on the sidelines of the APEC summit, the Kremlin confirmed, Reuters reported, citing Russian news agency RIA on Saturday.

The meeting would bring the leaders of the three major powers together on the sidelines of the regional summit. The APEC leaders’ meeting is scheduled to take place on November 18-19

Earlier, the White House had confirmed the meeting saying that nuclear arms control will be a central topic alongside regional conflicts, including the war in Iran.

Reuters noted that the proposed meeting has drawn comparisons, particularly in Russia, with the 1945 Yalta Conference, where the US, Britain and the Soviet Union formalised spheres of influence and helped shape the post-World War II world order. The conference has since become synonymous with major powers striking deals that affect smaller countries.

Held in February 1945 in Yalta, the conference brought together then-US President Franklin D Roosevelt, British PM Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to discuss the post-war future of Europe. Over time, the Yalta Conference became shorthand for agreements between major powers that shape the geopolitical future of smaller nations, often without their meaningful participation.

The prospect of an updated version of Yalta has generated excitement among Russian nationalists, who see it as a possible opportunity for an agreement to end the four-year-old Ukraine war on terms favourable to Moscow, Reuters reported. They also believe that holding such a meeting would elevate Russia to the status of a superpower alongside China and the US.

Russian nationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin told Radio Sputnik that the proposed meeting was deeply symbolic, arguing that it reflected a multipolar world order that the West denies.

However, the prospect of such a meeting has also triggered anxiety in several…

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