Currently exist "no arrangements" for US President President Trump to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "anytime soon", a White House official has announced.
This past week Trump stated he and the Kremlin leader would conduct negotiations in Budapest within two weeks to examine the war in Ukraine.
A preparatory meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his opposite number Sergei Lavrov was scheduled to occur recently - but the administration clarified the two had had a "constructive" call and that a face-to-face session was no longer "necessary".
The White House did not share any more details on the reason the negotiations had been put on hold.
Trump had discussed a Hungarian meeting over the phone with the Russian leader, a day before meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.
Various sources claimed his meeting with Zelensky had been a "heated exchange", with those familiar claiming Trump had urged him to give up significant territories of Ukraine's east as part of a deal with Russia.
However, on Monday Trump endorsed a truce plan supported by Ukraine and EU officials to freeze the war on the present positions.
"Freeze the lines the way it is," he remarked.
Russia has consistently objected against halting the existing front lines.
Moscow was exclusively seeking "permanent resolution", Lavrov said on this week, indicating that pausing conflict would only amount to a short-term truce.
The "underlying reasons" of the hostilities required resolution, Lavrov said, using Kremlin shorthand for a set of extensive requirements that encompass the acknowledgment of complete Moscow control over the Donbas as well as the demilitarisation of Ukraine – a unacceptable proposition for Ukraine and its European partners.
The Ukrainian president commented talks regarding the current lines were the "start of negotiations" but that Russia was "taking all measures" to evade negotiations.
He additionally stated the exclusive issue that could cause Russia to "pay attention" was that of the provision of long-range weapons to Ukraine.
Putin's unplanned conversation with the US leader last Thursday occurred before speculation that the US was planning to provide extended-range cruise missiles to Ukrainian forces that could possibly hit Russian territory.
Zelensky said it was the weapons consideration that had compelled Moscow to participate in talks. The conversation concerning the weapons systems had proven to be a "significant input" in diplomacy", he commented.
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