Plans for Trump–Putin summit in Budapest put on hold

Reuters reports.

According to a senior White House official, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin currently have no plans for a meeting “in the immediate future.”

An in-person meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is also not being planned.

White House correspondent Garrett Haake reported that, according to a source, planning for the Trump–Putin summit in Budapest has been “put on hold.”

“Initial call between Sec. Rubio & FM Lavrov was "productive," but POTUS believes both sides aren't ready enough to talk to justify moving forward right now,” Haake wrote on X.

• On October 16, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and announced that they had agreed to meet in Budapest.
• Later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was ready to take part in the meeting between Trump and Putin in any format that could lead to results.
• On October 20, Russia’s Foreign Ministry reported that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had held a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
• On October 21, CNN reported that the planned Trump–Putin summit in Budapest was in jeopardy after the meeting between Rubio and Lavrov was postponed.