US EditionPossibility of Trump-Putin Summit in Hungary Raises Concerns Among EU Leaders
- On October 16, President Donald Trump announced a Budapest summit, but Moscow says there is `no precise timeframe` and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported `no understanding` of a date, casting doubt on the two-week claim.
- Moscow insists on preconditions that include territorial concessions, Ukraine's neutrality and military dismantling, and officials say the Russian government position has not changed since the Alaska summit.
- Lavrov and Rubio spoke by phone on Monday, but a planned preparatory meeting has been tabled, at least for now, reflecting US concern over Moscow's maximalist stance.
- The apparent delay poses another setback for President Donald Trump, who pledged to end the war quickly but failed to secure concessions, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President, and eight European leaders accused Moscow of stalling and continuing `violence and destruction`.
- After months of wavering messages, Trump has most recently called for freezing current battle lines as a starting point for negotiations, while Lavrov dismissed reports as `unscrupulous` and emphasized prior Alaska summit understandings.
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DECRYPTAGE - The President of the United States may soon meet with his Russian counterpart, who has been targeted by an arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court since 2023, in Budapest, in an attempt to outline an end to war.
The summit announced by US President Donald Trump with Russian head of state Vladimir Putin is in question again. Trump said on Tuesday in Washington that he wanted "no futile meeting" with Putin on the Ukraine war. "I don't want to waste time, so I'll see what happens," he stressed.The White House had previously announced that "in the near future" there will be no personal encounter.Trump had only announced last week Thursday that he would meet…
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Announced after the telephone exchange between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin last week, a future meeting in Budapest between the two leaders may not take place soon.
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