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Currently exist "no arrangements" for American leader President Trump to meet Russian President Putin "in the immediate future", a administration representative has declared.

Last Thursday the US president said he and the Russian president would hold talks in Hungary's capital in the coming fortnight to examine the Ukraine conflict.

A preparatory meeting between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov was scheduled to occur recently - but the administration stated the two had had a "positive" call and that a meeting was no longer "needed".

The White House did not share further information on the reason the negotiations had been delayed.

Previous Developments

Trump had raised the possibility of a Budapest summit via telephone with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

Some reports suggested his meeting with the Ukrainian leader had been a "heated exchange", with sources suggesting Trump had urged him to cede significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a agreement with Russia.

However, on this week the American president endorsed a peace initiative endorsed by Kyiv and European leaders to halt the war on the current front line.

"Leave it as is the way it is," he remarked.

Moscow has frequently resisted against freezing the current line of contact.

The Russian government was only interested in "long-term, sustainable peace", Lavrov stated on Tuesday, indicating that pausing conflict would merely represent a temporary ceasefire.

Political Perspectives

The "underlying reasons" of the hostilities needed to be addressed, Lavrov said, using Kremlin shorthand for a series of extensive requirements that include the recognition of complete Moscow control over the Donbas as well as the military reduction of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its European partners.

The Ukrainian president commented discussions about the front line were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "employing all tactics" to evade negotiations.

He also said the only topic that could make Moscow "take notice" was that of the provision of extended-range arms to the Ukrainian military.

Weapons Discussions

Putin's unscheduled call with the US leader recently preceded speculation that the US was preparing to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could theoretically target deep into Russia.

Zelensky stated it was the missile discussion that had pressured the Kremlin to participate in talks. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had proven to be a "strong investment" in international relations", he remarked.