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 by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) June 25, 2019
President Donald Trump will meet an array of world leaders on the sidelines of this week's G20 summit in Japan, including China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin, a US official said Monday. Also on the list are Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Trump will also sit down with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for talks that are especially timely given the soaring tensions between the United States and Iran. The meeting with the Chinese president -- which is highly anticipated as the two sides try to reach a deal on trade -- is expected to take place on Saturday, the second day of the summit, in Osaka. After the Group of 20 summit, the Republican president will head to Seoul. When asked if Trump was planning a visit to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the border of North and South Korea, the official neither confirmed nor denied. The official did however say there were "no plans" for Trump to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his trip to Asia. Trump and Kim have so far met twice -- in Singapore in June 2018, and in Hanoi in February 2019.
Satellite image shows Chinese fighter planes on contested South China Sea island Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2019 A satellite image shows that at least four Chinese fighter planes were deployed to a contested South China Sea island, analysts said. The image, taken Wednesday and published Friday by CNN, shows the Chengdu J-10 jets on Woody Island, one of the Paracel Islands claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam. China expelled a then-South Vietnamese military force on the islands in 1974 and have occupied them since, fortifying them in recent years with barracks, airfields, upgraded harbors and land r ... read more
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