There are no plans for President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet “in the immediate future,” a White House official said Tuesday, canceling a summit expected in Hungary in the coming weeks.
Trump announced Thursday that he and Putin planned to meet again, predicting it would happen “within about two weeks.”
First, he said, discussions would take place between senior advisers from both sides.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his counterpart, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, had a phone call on Monday. The two are not expected to meet in person at this time.
“Secretary Rubio and Foreign Minister Lavrov had a productive call. Therefore, an additional in-person meeting between the Secretary and Foreign Minister is not necessary, and there are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future,” the White House official said.
President Donald Trump in Washington, October 10, 2025 and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, October 16, 2025.
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Earlier on Tuesday, the Kremlin downplayed a possible in-person meeting between Trump and Putin. The Kremlin said there was never a set date for a Trump-Putin Summit.
“You cannot postpone what was not scheduled,” a Putin spokesman said.
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