🔗 Share this article Preparations for Trump-Putin Meeting Delayed Days After Budapest Negotiations Announced Trump and Putin previously convened in August in the northern US state and the American leader had stated additional talks would take place in Budapest There are "no arrangements" for American leader Donald Trump to meet Russia's Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has announced. Recently the US president stated he and the Kremlin leader would conduct negotiations in Budapest within two weeks to address the Ukraine conflict. A planning session between US Secretary of State Secretary Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was planned for this week - but the administration said the two had had a "constructive" call and that a meeting was no longer "necessary". The White House did not share further information on the reason the negotiations had been put on hold. Previous Developments Trump had discussed a Hungarian meeting during a call with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the Oval Office. Various sources suggested his meeting with the Ukrainian leader had been a "shouting match", with those familiar claiming the president had pushed him to cede large areas of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Moscow. However, on this week Trump endorsed a ceasefire proposal supported by Ukraine and EU officials to freeze the war on the existing battle lines. "Leave it as is in its current state," he remarked. Moscow has consistently objected against halting the existing front lines. Moscow was solely focused on "long-term, sustainable peace", Russia's foreign minister commented on this week, implying that pausing conflict would simply constitute a temporary ceasefire. Political Perspectives The "underlying reasons" of the conflict required resolution, Lavrov said, using Kremlin shorthand for a set of comprehensive conditions that involve the acceptance of full Russian sovereignty over the Donbas as well as the disarmament of the country – a unacceptable proposition for Kyiv and its EU supporters. The Ukrainian president commented discussions about the current lines were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "taking all measures" to prevent dialogue. He also said the sole subject that could cause Russia to "pay attention" was that of the delivery of extended-range arms to the Ukrainian military. Strategic Factors Putin's unscheduled call with the US leader last Thursday preceded speculation that the United States was considering delivering distance-capable weapons to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike inside Russia. Zelensky stated it was the weapons consideration that had compelled Moscow to engage in discussion. The talk about the weapons systems had proven to be a "significant input" in negotiations", he added.