🔗 Share this article Plans for Trump-Putin Meeting Postponed Shortly Following Hungarian Capital Talks Announced Putin and Trump previously convened in August in Alaska and the American leader had indicated additional talks would take place in the Hungarian capital There are "no arrangements" for American leader President Trump to meet Russian President Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has announced. Last Thursday Trump stated he and the Russian president would meet in Budapest within two weeks to examine the war in Ukraine. A planning session between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was planned for recently - but the White House clarified the two had had a "positive" conversation and that a face-to-face session was not "necessary". The administration declined to provide further information on why the talks had been put on hold. Earlier Events The US president had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit during a call with Putin, a day before hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. Various sources claimed his meeting with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with insiders indicating the president had urged him to relinquish significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a settlement with Russia. Nevertheless, on this week Trump embraced a ceasefire proposal endorsed by Kyiv and EU officials to freeze the hostilities on the existing battle lines. "Leave it as is in its current state," he remarked. Russia has repeatedly pushed back against halting the current line of contact. The Russian government was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Lavrov commented on this week, implying that freezing the front line would simply constitute a temporary ceasefire. Political Perspectives The "fundamental issues" of the conflict demanded attention, Lavrov stated, using Moscow's terminology for a series of maximalist demands that include the acceptance of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the demilitarisation of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Ukraine and its Western allies. The Ukrainian president said conversations concerning the battle positions were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Moscow was "doing everything" to prevent dialogue. He further commented the exclusive issue that could cause Russia to "take notice" was that of the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine. Military Considerations Putin's unplanned conversation with Trump recently occurred before reports that the United States was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike Russian territory. Zelensky said it was the missile discussion that had compelled Moscow to participate in talks. The discussion regarding the weapons systems had proven to be a "significant input" in international relations", he added.