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There are "no plans" for US President Donald Trump to confer with Russia's Vladimir Putin "in the near term", a administration representative has declared.

This past week Trump said he and the Kremlin leader would meet in Hungary's capital within two weeks to examine the war in Ukraine.

A initial discussion between America's top diplomat Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov was planned for recently - but the administration clarified the two had had a "positive" call and that a meeting was not "required".

The administration withheld any more details on why the talks had been put on hold.

Earlier Events

The US president had discussed a Budapest summit via telephone with Putin, a just prior to hosting Ukraine's President Zelensky in the Oval Office.

Various sources claimed his talks with the Ukrainian leader had been a "contentious discussion", with sources claiming Trump had pressured him to cede significant territories of eastern Ukraine as part of a settlement with Moscow.

Nevertheless, on this week the American president endorsed a ceasefire proposal endorsed by Kyiv and European leaders to pause the conflict on the present positions.

"Freeze the lines where it stands," he remarked.

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

The Russian government was exclusively seeking "long-term, sustainable peace", Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday, implying that halting hostilities would simply constitute a brief pause.

Diplomatic Positions

The "underlying reasons" of the conflict required resolution, the Russian diplomat emphasized, using Russian diplomatic language for a set of comprehensive conditions that encompass the recognition of full Russian sovereignty over the eastern region as well as the disarmament of the country – a impossible condition for Ukraine and its European partners.

Zelensky commented conversations concerning the front line were the "commencement of dialogue" but that Russia was "doing everything" to avoid diplomacy.

He additionally stated the only topic that could make Moscow "become engaged" was that of the delivery of extended-range arms to the Ukrainian military.

Weapons Discussions

The Russian president's spontaneous discussion with the US leader recently came ahead of reports that the United States was planning to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit Russian territory.

The Ukrainian leader stated it was the Tomahawks issue that had forced Russia to participate in talks. The conversation concerning the missiles had proven to be a "strong investment" in diplomacy", he remarked.