BEIJING, November 13. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s possible trilateral meeting with his counterparts from China and the United States, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, should take concerns of all parties into account, Chinese analysts told the Global Times newspaper.
In an article about the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, where the meeting may take place, Chinese experts say the sides should address each other’s concerns on equal terms.
Global Times said international media closely follow news about the potential meeting. For example, from November 1 to 12, the Chinese foreign ministry fielded questions from journalists on the subject five times, confirming each time that Beijing is maintaining contacts with Moscow and Washington on the matter.
Zhang Jiadong, a professor at the Center for American Studies, Fudan University, told the newspaper that Washington’s determination to hold the meeting "partly stems from its desire to notch up diplomatic wins on the global stage and project its diplomatic clout." In the expert’s opinion, an event in this format "would carry substantial political symbolism, especially amid the current international landscape and the backdrop of US domestic politics."
Meanwhile, Yang Xiyu, a senior research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, believes that the US may also hope that "the potential gathering can reinstate relevant dialogue mechanisms and put guardrails around risks tied to US-Russia relations and the Ukraine conflict, preventing the situation from spiraling out of control."
The 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting will be held in Shenzhen from November 18 to 19 under the theme "Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together." The Russian delegation to the event in south China’s Shenzhen will be led by President Vladimir Putin. According to Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Marat Berdyev, this demonstrates the importance Russia attaches to developing economic ties with its partners in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly China.