‘No plans’ for Trump-Putin summit in near future, officials say
Al Jazeera
Media reports indicate that the US and Russia are at odds over the terms of a ceasefire in war-torn Ukraine.
Officials from Russia and the US have dashed expectations that the leaders of their respective countries, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, are slated to meet soon to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Tuesday’s announcement comes after President Trump announced he would meet with his Russian counterpart in Hungary “within two weeks or so”.
“There are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future,” a senior White House official told Al Jazeera.
Moscow also denied that a meeting was imminent, saying that preparations “could take time”.
“No precise timeframe was initially set here,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. “Preparation is needed, serious preparation.”
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