ReutersThere are “no plans” for US President Donald Trump to satisfy Russia’s Vladimir Putin “within the rapid future”, a White Home official has acknowledged.
Final Thursday Trump mentioned he and the Russian president would maintain talks in Budapest inside two weeks to debate the warfare in Ukraine.
A preparatory assembly between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was attributable to be held this week – however the White Home mentioned the 2 had had a “productive” name and {that a} assembly was not “mandatory”.
The White Home didn’t share any extra particulars on why the talks had been placed on maintain.
On Monday Trump embraced the thought of freezing the Ukrainian battle on the present entrance line.
“Let it’s minimize the way in which it’s,” he mentioned on Monday, referring to the contested area of the Donbas in jap Ukraine.
Russia has repeatedly pushed again in opposition to freezing the present line of contact.
Moscow was solely desirous about “long-term, sustainable peace”, Lavrov mentioned on Tuesday, implying that freezing the entrance line would solely quantity to a short lived ceasefire.
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