🔗 Share this article Plans for Putin-Trump Summit Postponed Days After Budapest Negotiations Announced Trump and Putin previously convened in August in Alaska and the American leader had stated additional talks would occur in Budapest Currently exist "no arrangements" for US President President Trump to confer with Russia's Putin "in the immediate future", a administration representative has announced. Recently Trump stated he and the Russian president would meet in Hungary's capital in the coming fortnight to examine the Ukraine conflict. A preparatory meeting between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was scheduled to occur this week - but the White House clarified the two had had a "productive" conversation and that a meeting was no longer "needed". The administration withheld further information 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 day before hosting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the White House. Certain accounts claimed his talks with Zelensky had been a "heated exchange", with those familiar claiming Trump had pushed him to relinquish significant territories of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Moscow. Yet, on Monday Trump endorsed a peace initiative endorsed by Kyiv and European leaders to freeze the hostilities on the current front line. "Let it be cut the way it is," he remarked. Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against freezing the existing front lines. The Russian government was exclusively seeking "enduring stability", Lavrov stated on this week, implying that halting hostilities would simply constitute a brief pause. Diplomatic Positions The "underlying reasons" of the hostilities required resolution, Lavrov stated, using Kremlin shorthand for a range of extensive requirements that involve the recognition of total Russian authority over the eastern region as well as the demilitarisation of the country – a unacceptable proposition for Kyiv and its European partners. Zelensky commented conversations concerning the current lines were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "taking all measures" to prevent dialogue. He further commented the exclusive issue that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine. Military Considerations Putin's unplanned conversation with the US leader last Thursday occurred before reports that the United States was considering delivering long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could theoretically target Russian territory. The Ukrainian leader stated it was the Tomahawks issue that had compelled Moscow to engage in discussion. The conversation concerning the missiles had turned out to be a "significant input" in negotiations", he remarked.