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China's Foreign Ministry Spokespoerson says there is no information to share on any meeting between leaders of Russia, China and the US

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A 'no information to share' formulation from a foreign ministry spokesperson is a standard non-denial: it neither confirms nor rules out the reported meeting, and in past episodes of this kind it has tended to signal either that contacts are at too preliminary a stage to acknowledge or that one party prefers the other side not set the public narrative. Chinese spokespeople in particular have a long track record of withholding confirmation on leader-level engagements until logistics are finalised, so the remark carries limited informational weight on its own. The underlying question is whether a trilateral US-Russia-China format is genuinely in train, since such formats are rare and have historically required extended preparatory work at ministerial level before any announcement. The tells worth watching are readouts from bilateral channels, any scheduling language around multilateral gatherings, and whether the other capitals issue parallel formulations or contradict. As a headline, this is the kind of wire that has typically moved only headline-sensitive algo flow rather than repositioning; the durable repricing channel for any genuine trilateral engagement would run through energy and sanctions expectations rather than through the headline itself.

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