🔗 Share this article Arrangements for Trump-Putin Talks Postponed Shortly After Hungarian Capital Talks Suggested Putin and Trump previously convened in August in Alaska and the US president had stated further talks would occur in Budapest There are "no preparations" for US President President Trump to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "in the immediate future", a administration representative has stated. Recently the US president said he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Hungary's capital within two weeks to examine the ongoing hostilities. A planning session between US Secretary of State Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was planned for recently - but the White House said the two had had a "productive" discussion and that a meeting was not "required". The administration did not share further information on the reason the negotiations had been put on hold. Earlier Events Trump had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit during a call with the Russian leader, a just prior to meeting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the White House. Certain accounts suggested his meeting with the Ukrainian leader had been a "contentious discussion", with those familiar indicating Trump had urged him to give up extensive regions of eastern Ukraine as part of a deal with Moscow. Nevertheless, on this week the American president supported a ceasefire proposal supported by Ukraine and EU officials to freeze the war on the present positions. "Leave it as is the way it is," he stated. Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against pausing the existing front lines. The Russian government was solely focused on "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister stated on this week, suggesting that pausing conflict would merely represent a short-term truce. Diplomatic Positions The "root causes" of the war demanded attention, the Russian diplomat stated, using Russian diplomatic language for a series of comprehensive conditions that involve the acknowledgment of complete Moscow control over the eastern region as well as the demilitarisation of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Kyiv and its European partners. Zelensky said discussions about the front line were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Moscow was "doing everything" to prevent dialogue. He also said the only topic that could cause Russia to "pay attention" was that of the supply of distance-capable munitions to the Ukrainian military. Strategic Factors Putin's unplanned conversation with Trump recently occurred before reports that the United States was planning to provide distance-capable weapons to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit Russian territory. The Ukrainian leader asserted it was the weapons consideration that had forced Russia to enter into dialogue. The talk about the missiles had proven to be a "significant input" in diplomacy", he remarked.