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A Trump-Putin-Xi Summit? That Might Be Awkward for One of Them.

A summit could bolster Xi Jinping’s stature. But talks about Ukraine’s future and limits on nuclear weapons pose uncomfortable choices for China.

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The Chinese leader Xi Jinping with President Donald Trump at the National Archives Museum in Washington in September.

A Trump-Putin-Xi Summit? That Might Be Awkward for One of Them.

A summit could bolster Xi Jinping’s stature. But talks about Ukraine’s future and limits on nuclear weapons pose uncomfortable choices for China.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

The Chinese leader Xi Jinping with President Donald Trump at the National Archives Museum in Washington in September.

Iran is Reviewing ‘Concrete Proposals’ on Nuclear Program, Officials Say

Iran’s willingness to re-engage on the issue suggests that Qatar-led diplomatic efforts to avert full-blown war between the U.S. and Iran have had some success.

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Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said this week that Iran would not hold talks on its nuclear program until the U.S. accepts the country’s demands. Privately, however, he has shown more openness to discussing the issue, officials say.

Iran is Reviewing ‘Concrete Proposals’ on Nuclear Program, Officials Say

Iran’s willingness to re-engage on the issue suggests that Qatar-led diplomatic efforts to avert full-blown war between the U.S. and Iran have had some success.

© Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto, via Getty Images

Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said this week that Iran would not hold talks on its nuclear program until the U.S. accepts the country’s demands. Privately, however, he has shown more openness to discussing the issue, officials say.

More Iranians Call for Nuclear Weapons After War With U.S.

Some Iranian clerics and officials argue the country must rebuild deterrence by dropping its longstanding pledge not to build a nuclear bomb.

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Portraits of former Iranian supreme leaders and the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran this month.

More Iranians Call for Nuclear Weapons After War With U.S.

Some Iranian clerics and officials argue the country must rebuild deterrence by dropping its longstanding pledge not to build a nuclear bomb.

© Atta Kenare/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Portraits of former Iranian supreme leaders and the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran this month.

More Iranians Call for Nuclear Weapons After War With U.S.

Some Iranian clerics and officials argue the country must rebuild deterrence by dropping its longstanding pledge not to build a nuclear bomb.

© Atta Kenare/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Portraits of former Iranian supreme leaders and the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran this month.

Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian Official

In his letter, the vice president suggested an immediate resumption of comprehensive talks, including about Iran’s nuclear program.

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Vice President JD Vance is said to have made the outreach in a letter sent last week via Qatari meditators and delivered Sunday to an Iranian official, Gen. Mohsen Rezaei.
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