US EditionAmid Possible Trump-Putin Summit, US and Europe Push for Immediate Ceasefire in Ukraine, Russia Sticks to Preconditions
Marco Rubio and Sergey Lavrov will meet as an initial step to prepare the Budapest summit aimed at advancing peace efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
- On Oct. 23, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in person, preparing for a high-level U.S.-Russia summit in Budapest, Hungary.
- The summit decision followed a two-and-a-half-hour phone conversation between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Oct. 16.
- On Oct. 20, Marco Rubio held a phone call with Sergey Lavrov, which Russia's Foreign Ministry called a `constructive discussion` and Yuri Ushakov described as a first step toward summit preparations.
- Following an Oct. 17 White House meeting, Ukraine felt disappointed as Kyiv had hoped to secure Tomahawk missiles, while Volodymyr Zelensky rejected meeting Putin in Moscow amid ongoing bombings.
- Amid growing skepticism, officials note Putin demanded Ukraine cede Donetsk Oblast on Oct. 16, while offering parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, complicating peace talks.
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Last week Trump announced that a meeting with Kremlin chief Putin was being prepared in Budapest, but the plans are coming back to the distance, according to the US media.
Amid possible Trump-Putin summit, US and Europe push for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, Russia sticks to preconditions
After speaking with Putin on October 16, Trump indicated that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would meet this week in preparation for a possible summit in Budapest within two weeks. Moscow has not confirmed any dates.
Moscow. The heads of diplomacy of Russia, Serguei Lavrov, and of the United States, Marco Rubio, began this Monday to prepare by telephone the meeting that the presidents of both countries, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, agreed to hold the previous Thursday in Budapest in two or three weeks.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio may hold a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, October 23.
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