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Currently exist "no arrangements" for US President President Trump to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "in the near term", a administration representative has declared.

Last Thursday the US president stated he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Hungary's capital soon to examine the Ukraine conflict.

A preparatory meeting between US Secretary of State Secretary Rubio and his opposite number Foreign Minister Lavrov was scheduled to occur recently - but the administration said the two had had a "productive" call and that a face-to-face session was not "needed".

The administration did not share any more details on why the talks had been put on hold.

Background Context

The US president had raised the possibility of a Hungarian meeting during a call with Putin, a just prior to meeting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

Various sources claimed his meeting with the Ukrainian leader had been a "contentious discussion", with insiders suggesting Trump had urged him to relinquish extensive regions of Ukraine's east as part of a agreement with Russia.

However, on this week Trump embraced a ceasefire proposal backed by Kyiv and European leaders to freeze the war on the current front line.

"Leave it as is in its current state," he said.

Russia has repeatedly pushed back against pausing the present battle positions.

The Russian government was solely focused on "long-term, sustainable peace", Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday, indicating that freezing the front line would merely represent a brief pause.

Political Perspectives

The "fundamental issues" of the war demanded attention, Lavrov emphasized, using Russian diplomatic language for a series of comprehensive conditions that include the acknowledgment of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the demilitarisation of Ukraine – a impossible condition for Ukraine and its European partners.

The Ukrainian president said discussions about the battle positions were the "start of negotiations" but that Moscow was "doing everything" to evade negotiations.

He also said the exclusive issue that could cause Russia to "pay attention" was that of the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine.

Weapons Discussions

Putin's unplanned conversation with the US leader recently occurred before rumors that the United States was preparing to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could potentially strike inside Russia.

The Ukrainian leader stated it was the missile discussion that had forced Russia to enter into dialogue. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had proven to be a "valuable contribution" in international relations", he remarked.