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Currently exist "no arrangements" for American leader Donald Trump to confer with Russian President Vladimir Putin "in the near term", a administration representative has stated.

Recently the US president indicated he and the Russian president would hold talks in Budapest within two weeks to discuss the war in Ukraine.

A planning session between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was due to be held this week - but the White House stated the two had had a "positive" conversation and that a face-to-face session was not "necessary".

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

Background Context

The US president had raised the possibility of a Hungarian meeting during a call with Putin, a just prior to meeting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

Certain accounts indicated his meeting with Zelensky had been a "heated exchange", with those familiar claiming Trump had urged him to relinquish extensive regions of eastern Ukraine as part of a agreement with Russia.

However, on this week Trump endorsed a ceasefire proposal supported by Ukraine and European leaders to freeze the hostilities on the existing battle lines.

"Let it be cut the way it is," he said.

Russia has frequently resisted against pausing the current line of contact.

The Russian government was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Lavrov stated on this week, indicating that halting hostilities would simply constitute a temporary ceasefire.

Negotiating Stances

The "root causes" of the hostilities needed to be addressed, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Moscow's terminology for a set of comprehensive conditions that encompass the recognition of total Russian authority over the Donbas as well as the disarmament of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Kyiv and its European partners.

The Ukrainian president commented talks regarding the battle positions were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Moscow was "doing everything" to prevent dialogue.

He also said the sole subject that could make Moscow "pay attention" was that of the supply of extended-range arms to the Ukrainian military.

Military Considerations

Putin's spontaneous discussion with Trump recently occurred before reports that the United States was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader stated it was the missile discussion that had forced Russia to enter into dialogue. The talk about the missiles had turned out to be a "strong investment" in international relations", he added.