Arrangements for Trump-Putin Meeting Delayed Days After Budapest Talks Suggested

Currently exist "no plans" for American leader Donald Trump to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "in the immediate future", a administration representative has declared.

This past week Trump said he and the Kremlin leader would conduct negotiations in Budapest in the coming fortnight to examine the ongoing hostilities.

A planning session between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the White House stated the two had had a "productive" call and that a meeting was not "required".

The administration did not share additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been postponed.

Previous Developments

Trump had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit during a call with Putin, a just prior to hosting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Certain accounts suggested his meeting with Zelensky had been a "contentious discussion", with insiders suggesting the president had pressured him to cede significant territories of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Russia.

Nevertheless, on Monday Trump embraced a peace initiative backed by Kyiv and European leaders to halt the war on the current front line.

"Leave it as is the way it is," he remarked.

Moscow has frequently resisted against halting the present battle positions.

The Russian government was only interested in "permanent resolution", Lavrov stated on Tuesday, indicating that halting hostilities would merely represent a temporary ceasefire.

Political Perspectives

The "fundamental issues" of the hostilities required resolution, the Russian diplomat said, using Kremlin shorthand for a range of extensive requirements that encompass the recognition of complete Moscow control over the Donbas as well as the military reduction of the country – a impossible condition for Kyiv and its Western allies.

The Ukrainian president said conversations concerning the current lines were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "doing everything" to evade negotiations.

He also said the only topic that could make Moscow "become engaged" was that of the provision of distance-capable munitions to Ukraine.

Military Considerations

Putin's unscheduled call with Trump last Thursday preceded rumors that the United States was preparing to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine that could possibly hit Russian territory.

Zelensky said it was the weapons consideration that had compelled Moscow to participate in talks. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had proven to be a "valuable contribution" in international relations", he commented.