Trump, Putin and Xi to Meet in China Next Week

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping plan to hold a joint meeting in China next week, the White House has announced.

A White House spokeswoman said the three leaders would meet together, calling it an unprecedented event. This means such a meeting has never taken place before.

According to the spokeswoman, Trump will discuss the "reduction of nuclear weapons" during the talks. Reduction means making the number of weapons smaller.

The United States, Russia and China are all major nuclear powers. This means they all have large numbers of nuclear weapons.

A meeting bringing together the leaders of these three countries at the same time would be highly unusual. Normally, leaders meet in pairs rather than as a group of three.

The topic of nuclear weapons has long been a sensitive one in international diplomacy, which refers to the way countries manage relationships with each other.

Details about the exact date, location and agenda of the meeting have not yet been fully confirmed. However, the White House has made clear that discussions on nuclear weapons will be a key part of the talks.

This planned meeting comes amid ongoing global discussions about arms control, a term used to describe agreements that limit weapons, including nuclear ones.

The announcement has drawn attention from governments and media around the world, given the significance of bringing together leaders from the US, Russia and China for talks on such a serious subject.