🔗 Share this article Arrangements for Trump-Putin Meeting Delayed Days After Hungarian Capital Talks Proposed Putin and Trump previously convened in August in Alaska and the US president had said additional talks would take place in Budapest Currently exist "no arrangements" for US President Donald Trump to meet Russian President Putin "in the immediate future", a White House official has announced. This past week Trump stated he and the Russian president would conduct negotiations in Hungary's capital in the coming fortnight to discuss the war in Ukraine. A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was due to be held recently - but the White House clarified the two had had a "productive" discussion and that a meeting was no longer "necessary". The administration withheld additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been postponed. Earlier Events Trump had raised the possibility of a Hungarian meeting via telephone with the Russian leader, a just prior to hosting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the White House. Some reports claimed his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with insiders indicating the president had pushed him to cede extensive regions of eastern Ukraine as part of a settlement with Russia. Nevertheless, on this week Trump endorsed a peace initiative endorsed by Kyiv and EU officials to halt the war on the existing battle lines. "Freeze the lines where it stands," he stated. Russia has repeatedly pushed back against halting the present battle positions. Moscow was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Russia's foreign minister stated on this week, implying that pausing conflict would merely represent a brief pause. Diplomatic Positions The "root causes" of the conflict demanded attention, the Russian diplomat said, using Moscow's terminology for a set of extensive requirements that encompass the acknowledgment of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the demilitarisation of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Kyiv and its EU supporters. Zelensky stated talks regarding the current lines were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Russia was "doing everything" to prevent dialogue. He also said the exclusive issue that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the provision of extended-range arms to Ukraine. Strategic Factors Putin's unplanned conversation with Trump last Thursday came ahead of speculation that the United States was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could theoretically target inside Russia. The Ukrainian leader asserted it was the missile discussion that had compelled Moscow to engage in discussion. The discussion regarding the missiles had proven to be a "valuable contribution" in negotiations", he added.