The White House is trying to broker a three-way arms control pact with Russia and China, a senior administration official said Friday, Eurasia Diary reports citing Deutsche Welle.
A proposed meeting between the three nations is expected to also include the leaders of Britain and France, the remaining countries that make up the so-called P5, the UN Security Council's five permanent members.
"The United States will use this opportunity to bring both Russia and China into the international arms control framework and head off a costly arms race," the senior official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official would not speculate on where a P5 summit would take place, but one option could be the UN General Assembly, where world leaders gather every September.
"The president has made clear that he is ready to meet with any world leader at any time to advance US national security interests. The United States will work with the other P5 countries to develop and organize such a meeting," the official added.