🔗 Share this article Plans for Putin-Trump Summit Postponed Shortly After Hungarian Capital Negotiations Announced Putin and Trump last met in August in the northern US state and the American leader had stated further talks would take place in Budapest Currently exist "no arrangements" for US President Donald Trump to meet Russia's Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has announced. Last Thursday the US president stated he and the Russian president would conduct negotiations in Budapest within two weeks to discuss the Ukraine conflict. A initial discussion between US Secretary of State Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the White House stated the two had had a "productive" discussion and that a meeting was no longer "needed". The administration did not share any more details on the reason the negotiations had been postponed. Previous Developments Trump had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit via telephone with Putin, a just prior to hosting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. Some reports indicated his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "contentious discussion", with those familiar claiming the president had pressured him to relinquish significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a agreement with Moscow. Nevertheless, on this week Trump supported a ceasefire proposal endorsed by Kyiv and European leaders to halt the hostilities on the current front line. "Let it be cut the way it is," he remarked. Russia has consistently objected against freezing the current line of contact. The Russian government was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday, indicating that halting hostilities would merely represent a temporary ceasefire. Negotiating Stances The "root causes" of the war needed to be addressed, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Russian diplomatic language for a range of comprehensive conditions that encompass the acknowledgment of complete Moscow control over the Donbas as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Ukraine and its European partners. Zelensky said conversations concerning the front line were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Moscow was "taking all measures" to evade negotiations. He additionally stated the exclusive issue that could cause Russia to "take notice" was that of the delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine. Strategic Factors Putin's spontaneous discussion with the US leader last Thursday preceded rumors that the US was considering delivering distance-capable weapons to Ukraine that could potentially strike inside Russia. The Ukrainian leader said it was the missile discussion that had forced Russia to enter into dialogue. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had turned out to be a "valuable contribution" in international relations", he commented.