Donald Trump has only late talked about the fact that in 2 weeks he will want to lead to a summit with Vladimir Putin in the Hungarian capital in Budapest. The leaders were to discuss the end of the war in Ukraine.
Surprising reports from the White House. No Trump-Putin meeting?
Meanwhile, there was a twist. The White home typical reported on October 21 that "in the close future" there are no plans for the Putin and Trump meeting. This information came out after a Monday call from the diplomatic chiefs of both countries, Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrow, after which the preliminary plan of their direct gathering this week was besides cancelled.
According to Reuters, the Kremlin rejected Trump's call for a ceasefire. Despite this, a White home individual in a conversation with the agency assessed that Rubio's last telephone connection to Lavrow was "productive". In turn, another diplomats were to point out that the postponement of their live gathering was expected to be a signal that "Americans would not want to organize Trump-Putin summits until Moscow made concessions".
"I think the Russians have demanded besides much and it has become clear to the Americans that no agreement will be reached in Budapest Trump," said 1 of the high-ranking European diplomats.
Recall: On October 16, U.S. president Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin on the phone. As the "Washington Post" reported, the Russian dictator then made his demands for the end of the war in Ukraine. A day later at the White home Trump met with Volodymyr Zelenski to discuss the issue of long-range weapons.
According to sources quoted by the "Washington Post", Putin suggested that in exchange for maintaining control of the Donetsk Oblast Russia would consider withdrawing from another areas in the Zaporo and Kherson Oblasts.
Compared to the earlier Trump and Putin gathering in Anchorage in August, the current proposals are expected to be little extensive. any White home officials would consider this a sign of progress. However, according to the second source, Ukrainians have a different opinion on the subject.
