MOSCOW, October 25. /TASS/. Many around the world are pinning their hopes on the upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, US leader Donald Trump, and Chinese head of state Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in China, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"At a time that is extremely difficult in terms of international relations, when the entire planet is literally being shaken, the leaders of the three major powers will have the opportunity, within a multilateral framework <…>, to exchange views," the diplomat noted during a TV broadcast. "Of course, the eyes of millions, or even billions, will be fixed on this [meeting]. Naturally, people are pinning high hopes on such a meeting. Why? Because many want to begin moving away from this slide toward absolute chaos and return to stability, or, at the very least, to a path that could lead to that stability," she emphasized.
Earlier, Trump said that his trilateral meeting with Putin and Xi Jinping could be held in China. In turn, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters that, during a meeting with US special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, Putin discussed the possibility of holding a trilateral meeting with Trump and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in Shenzhen on November 18-19.