🔗 Share this article Plans for Trump-Putin Meeting Shelved Days After Hungarian Capital Negotiations Proposed Trump and Putin last met in August in the northern US state and the American leader had indicated additional discussions would occur in Budapest There are "no plans" for US President President Trump to meet Russia's Putin "in the immediate future", a administration representative has stated. Recently Trump indicated he and the Kremlin leader would hold talks in Budapest in the coming fortnight to discuss the war in Ukraine. A planning session between US Secretary of State Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was scheduled to occur this week - but the White House stated the two had had a "positive" call and that a face-to-face session was not "required". The White House did not share any more details on the reason the negotiations had been delayed. Earlier Events Trump had raised the possibility of a Hungarian meeting over the phone with Putin, a just prior to hosting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the White House. Certain accounts indicated his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "shouting match", with insiders claiming Trump had urged him to relinquish significant territories of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Moscow. Nevertheless, on this week the American president endorsed a ceasefire proposal endorsed by Ukraine and EU officials to pause the conflict on the current front line. "Leave it as is where it stands," he stated. Russia has repeatedly pushed back against halting the existing front lines. The Russian government was solely focused on "enduring stability", Russia's foreign minister stated on this week, suggesting that pausing conflict would only amount to a short-term truce. Diplomatic Positions The "fundamental issues" of the conflict demanded attention, the Russian diplomat stated, using Kremlin shorthand for a range of comprehensive conditions that encompass the acknowledgment of total Russian authority over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Kyiv and its EU supporters. Zelensky commented talks regarding the battle positions were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to avoid diplomacy. He also said the only topic that could make Moscow "become engaged" was that of the delivery of distance-capable munitions to Ukraine. Weapons Discussions Putin's unscheduled call with Trump last Thursday occurred before reports that the US was preparing to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit inside Russia. Zelensky asserted it was the Tomahawks issue that had forced Russia to enter into dialogue. The talk about the missiles had turned out to be a "strong investment" in international relations", he added.