Donald Trump’s repeated calls for an unprecedented three-way leaders’ meeting on nuclear arms reductions at the APEC summit have annoyed host China, which wants the focus on trade and commerce. (EPA Images pic) WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will raise nuclear-arms reduction at a meeting in China next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said on Friday.
"He will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, whose proliferation President Trump believes is very dangerous," Olivia Wales, a White House spokeswoman, said on a call with reporters. She added that the meeting would take place on Thursday in China.
Trump's repeated insistence that the first-of-its-kind meeting of the three leaders focus on nuclear arms reductions has riled China, which is hosting a summit focused on trade and commerce. China has rebuffed attempts to talk about nuclear arms with Russia and the US, which have the largest stockpiles of such weapons.
