🔗 Share this article Arrangements for Trump-Putin Talks Shelved Days After Budapest Talks Announced Trump and Putin previously convened in August in the northern US state and the US president had stated additional talks would take place in Budapest Currently exist "no plans" for US President Donald Trump to confer with Russian President Vladimir Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has declared. Recently Trump said he and the Kremlin leader would conduct negotiations in Budapest within two weeks to examine the Ukraine conflict. A planning session between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was scheduled to occur recently - but the administration stated the two had had a "productive" discussion and that a face-to-face session was no longer "required". The administration withheld additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been delayed. Earlier Events The US president had raised the possibility of a Hungarian meeting over the phone with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukrainian President President Zelensky in the Oval Office. Certain accounts claimed his talks with Zelensky had been a "shouting match", with insiders indicating Trump had urged him to cede extensive regions of Ukraine's east as part of a agreement with Moscow. Nevertheless, on Monday Trump endorsed a truce plan supported by Kyiv and European leaders to pause the war on the current front line. "Let it be cut the way it is," he remarked. Moscow has frequently resisted against pausing the current line of contact. The Russian government was solely focused on "long-term, sustainable peace", Lavrov said on Tuesday, indicating that pausing conflict would only amount to a temporary ceasefire. Diplomatic Positions The "underlying reasons" of the conflict required resolution, the Russian diplomat said, using Russian diplomatic language for a set of extensive requirements that involve the recognition of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Kyiv and its Western allies. Zelensky commented discussions about the front line were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "doing everything" to avoid diplomacy. He further commented the sole subject that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the supply of extended-range arms to the Ukrainian military. Strategic Factors Putin's unscheduled call with the US leader recently came ahead of speculation that the United States was preparing to send distance-capable weapons to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike deep into Russia. Zelensky said it was the weapons consideration that had forced Russia to engage in discussion. The talk about the missiles had proven to be a "strong investment" in international relations", he added.