New Delhi, Nov. 15 -- US President Donald Trump is set to hold a historic trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 19 (local time), on the sidelines of next week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China's tech hub of Shenzhen. The meeting would mark an unprecedented gathering of leaders from the world's three biggest nuclear powers.

The trilateral meeting, which will be hosted by Xi Jinping, was confirmed by the White House on Friday and subsequently by the Kremlin on Saturday (local time). According to reports, the meeting comes at a difficult time for relations between the three countries.

AP reported that a three-way meeting would provide an opportunity fo...