00:01U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will likely be meeting with the leaders of Russia
00:07and China at an Asia-Pacific summit in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen next week.
00:13Trump told reporters that he expects the meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi
00:18Jinping to cover the war and denuclearization. U.S. media have reported that Putin wanted the
00:25three-way talks to take place in order to broker a peace deal in Ukraine that would be favorable
00:31to Moscow, whose invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is now well into its fifth year. The meeting would be
00:38the most recent indication of Trump's willingness to end Russia's subsequent diplomatic isolation.
00:44While being tough on traditional allies in liberal democracies in Europe and its northern and southern
00:50neighbors Canada and Mexico, separate U.S. mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine are set to take
00:56place in Abu Dhabi this week, with European officials also set to be present at the table.
