{"id":2928,"date":"2026-10-19T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:03:45","slug":"putin-proposes-summit-with-trump-xi-to-discuss-ukraine-war-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2928","title":{"rendered":"Putin proposes summit with Trump, Xi to discuss Ukraine war: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a summit next month with US \u200bPresident Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to negotiate an \u200cend to the four-year-old Ukraine conflict that would favour Moscow, the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the discussions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proposed summit comes amid warming ties between Trump and Putin, especially after the US President announced a deal to buy Russian diesel and <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/rubio-says-trump-take-up-60-days-weigh-russia-sanctions-2026-10-18\/\">signed<\/a> an order on Friday waiving key sanctions on Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Citing \u2060a former Russian intelligence officer briefed on the matter, the paper said \u200bthat Putin\u2019s suggestion came in an October 9 telephone call with Trump that \u200balso yielded the diesel deal between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, while the Kremlin could not be immediately reached outside \u200bregular business hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian and Chinese embassies in Washington did not immediately \u200breply to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin has suggested holding the trilateral dialogue on the sidelines \u200cof \u2060the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, the <em>WSJ<\/em> report said, citing people familiar with the discussions.<\/p>\n<p>That summit is set to take place on November 18 to 19 in Shenzhen.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to the Journal that discussions were taking place over \u200ba potential meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is \u200bno clear understanding \u2060yet regarding the meeting itself or its potential agenda, although all three parties acknowledge the hypothetical possibility of such \u200ba meeting taking place,\u201d he told the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A \u200bsenior US \u2060official told the <em>Journal<\/em> that Trump had not agreed to such a summit, but he could be receptive to the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s diesel deal with Putin and the \u2060executive \u200border waiving sanctions on Moscow have drawn criticism \u200bfrom Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has warned it would embolden Putin and prolong the war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a summit next month with US \u200bPresident Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to negotiate an \u200cend to the four-year-old Ukraine conflict that would favour Moscow, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the discussions. The proposed summit comes amid warming ties between Trump and Putin, especially after the US President announced a deal to buy Russian diesel and signed an order on Friday waiving key sanctions on Moscow. Citing \u2060a former Russian intelligence officer briefed on the matter,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}