“The meeting between the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, which was supposed to take place this week, was postponed for unknown reasons. This calls into question the holding of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin. Source: “European Truth” with reference to CNN Details: According to the publication’s interlocutor from the White House, the expected meeting between Rubio and Lavrov this week has been postponed at least for some time. Earlier, the possible date of their meeting was called October 23. The US Secretary of State and the Russian minister were to prepare a new personal meeting between Trump and Putin in Budapest. Specific reasons for postponing the meeting are not given. But one of the interlocutors of the publication, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that this is due to the very different visions of Rubio and Lavrov regarding the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war. According to one of the sources, the ongoing conversation between Rubio and Lavrov proved that the Russians have not changed their maximalist demands. Because of this, Rubio is unlikely to recommend moving forward with plans for a meeting between Trump and Putin. Interlocutors of the publication believe that it is likely that the US Secretary of State will speak with Lavrov again this week. Background: On October 16, US President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time in almost two months, after which he announced that they were planning a meeting in Budapest – which would be Putin’s first appearance in the capital of an EU member state in the years of full-scale war. The call took place before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi arrived in Washington for talks with Trump, in which one of the key topics was the possible supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. According to the media, during the meeting with the Ukrainian leader, Trump persuaded him to agree to Putin’s demands, and also considered providing security guarantees to both Kyiv and the Russian Federation, which confused the Ukrainian delegation. At the same time, Trump denied that he called on Zelenskyi to hand over the entire Donetsk region to the Russian Federation. Read also: Blackmail “Tomahawk”. The main thing is about Zelensky’s meeting with Trump and its results.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, and the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Illustrative photo from Getty images Source: “European Truth” with reference to CNN
Details: According to the publication’s interlocutor from the White House, the expected meeting between Rubio and Lavrov this week has been postponed at least for some time.
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Earlier, the possible date of their meeting was called October 23. The US Secretary of State and the Russian minister were to prepare a new personal meeting between Trump and Putin in Budapest.
Specific reasons for postponing the meeting are not given. But one of the interlocutors of the publication, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that this is due to the very different visions of Rubio and Lavrov regarding the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
According to one of the sources, the ongoing conversation between Rubio and Lavrov proved that the Russians have not changed their maximalist demands. Because of this, Rubio is unlikely to recommend moving forward with plans for a meeting between Trump and Putin. Interlocutors of the publication believe that it is likely that the US Secretary of State will speak with Lavrov again this week.
Prehistory:
- On October 16, US President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time in almost two months, after which he announced that they were planning a meeting in Budapest – which would be Putin’s first appearance in the capital of an EU member state since the full-scale war.
- The call took place before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi arrived in Washington for talks with Trump, in which one of the key topics was the possible supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
- According to the media, during the meeting with the Ukrainian leader, Trump persuaded him to agree to Putin’s demands, and also considered providing security guarantees to both Kyiv and the Russian Federation, which confused the Ukrainian delegation.
- At the same time, Trump denied that he called on Zelenskyi to hand over the entire Donetsk region to the Russian Federation.
Read also: Blackmail “Tomahawk”. The main thing is about Zelensky’s meeting with Trump and its results.