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Currently exist "no preparations" for American leader Donald Trump to confer with Russia's Putin "in the immediate future", a White House official has stated.

This past week Trump said he and the Russian president would meet in Hungary's capital soon to examine the war in Ukraine.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was scheduled to occur this week - but the White House stated the two had had a "productive" discussion and that a meeting was no longer "needed".

The administration did not share additional specifics on the reason the negotiations had been put on hold.

Earlier Events

The US president had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit during a call with Putin, a day before meeting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the White House.

Certain accounts suggested his talks with Zelensky had been a "shouting match", with insiders indicating Trump had urged him to relinquish extensive regions of Ukraine's east as part of a deal with Russia.

Nevertheless, on this week the American president supported a ceasefire proposal backed by Kyiv and European leaders to freeze the war on the current front line.

"Leave it as is the way it is," he stated.

Moscow has repeatedly pushed back against pausing the present battle positions.

Moscow was exclusively seeking "enduring stability", Lavrov commented on Tuesday, indicating that freezing the front line would merely represent a brief pause.

Diplomatic Positions

The "fundamental issues" of the conflict required resolution, Lavrov emphasized, using Moscow's terminology for a range of comprehensive conditions that include the acknowledgment of complete Moscow control over the eastern region as well as the military reduction of the country – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its European partners.

The Ukrainian president stated discussions about the front line were the "beginning of diplomacy" but that Moscow was "taking all measures" to prevent dialogue.

He additionally stated the exclusive issue that could cause Russia to "pay attention" was that of the supply of distance-capable munitions to Ukraine.

Strategic Factors

The Russian president's spontaneous discussion with Trump last Thursday came ahead of speculation that the United States was planning to provide distance-capable weapons to Ukraine that could possibly hit deep into Russia.

Zelensky asserted it was the missile discussion that had pressured the Kremlin to enter into dialogue. The conversation concerning the missiles had emerged as a "strong investment" in international relations", he added.