🔗 Share this article Arrangements for Putin-Trump Summit Postponed Shortly Following Budapest Negotiations Proposed Trump and Putin previously convened in late summer in the northern US state and the American leader had said additional discussions would take place in Budapest There are "no preparations" for US President President Trump to meet Russian President Putin "in the near term", a White House official has declared. This past week the US president stated he and the Russian president would conduct negotiations in Hungary's capital soon to address the war in Ukraine. A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was planned for recently - but the White House clarified the two had had a "positive" call and that a meeting was no longer "required". The administration did not share additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been delayed. Earlier Events The US president had discussed a Budapest summit during a call with the Russian leader, a just prior to hosting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the Oval Office. Certain accounts claimed his meeting with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with sources indicating the president had urged him to relinquish large areas of Ukraine's east as part of a settlement with Moscow. However, on Monday Trump embraced a truce plan endorsed by Kyiv and EU officials to pause the war on the present positions. "Let it be cut in its current state," he said. Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against pausing the present battle positions. The Russian government was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday, implying that halting hostilities would merely represent a brief pause. Political Perspectives The "underlying reasons" of the war needed to be addressed, Lavrov emphasized, using Kremlin shorthand for a series of comprehensive conditions that include the recognition of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a non-starter for Kyiv and its Western allies. Zelensky said discussions about the front line were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "doing everything" to prevent dialogue. He further commented the sole subject that could cause Russia to "become engaged" was that of the delivery of distance-capable munitions to the Ukrainian military. Weapons Discussions Putin's unscheduled call with Trump last Thursday came ahead of speculation that the United States was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit deep into Russia. The Ukrainian leader stated it was the weapons consideration that had pressured the Kremlin to engage in discussion. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had proven to be a "valuable contribution" in diplomacy", he remarked.