Top diplomats’ summit postponement pushes back Trump-Putin meeting
(MENAFN) Plans for a new meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been delayed after preparatory talks between their senior diplomats were postponed, according to reports on Tuesday.
Trump said earlier this week that “high-level advisors” from both nations would meet in Budapest, Hungary, to organize the potential summit following his phone call with Putin. On Truth Social, he wrote that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would lead the US delegation “together with various other people, to be designated.”
However, a White House official confirmed that the planned meeting between Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov “has been put on hold for the time being.” No explanation was immediately given, though sources indicated the two sides disagreed on how to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“President Trump has consistently worked towards finding a peaceful and diplomatic resolution to end this senseless war and to stop the killing,” said White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly. “He has courageously engaged parties on all sides and will do everything in his power to achieve peace.”
According to a US State Department summary, Rubio and Lavrov held a phone call Monday to discuss “next steps” following last week’s Trump-Putin conversation. Rubio “emphasized the importance of upcoming engagements as an opportunity for Moscow and Washington to collaborate on advancing a durable resolution of the Russia-Ukraine war, in line with President Trump’s vision.”
The Kremlin called the discussion “constructive,” saying it focused on “possible concrete steps to implement the understandings” reached between the leaders.
One source familiar with the situation told CNN that after the call, US officials determined “the Russian position has not evolved enough beyond its maximalist stance.” For now, Rubio is unlikely to advise that the Trump-Putin summit move forward next week, though further talks could still occur.
The last Trump-Putin summit was held over two months ago in Anchorage, Alaska, lasting nearly three hours but producing no agreement. Since then, Trump has repeatedly urged Kyiv and Moscow to “stop the war immediately.”
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