The Kremlin floated the possibility of a face-to-face meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, scheduled for November 18-19. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov confirmed that Putin, fresh from a two-day visit to China, plans to attend, and that Trump has reportedly signaled the same intention.
“I think that, in any case, if both leaders are present, a meeting is possible,” Ushakov told reporters, though he stressed that no formal talks are currently planned. Any encounter would be closely watched for signals on the Ukraine conflict and the broader trajectory of US-Russia relations.
