Financial Times: US canceled summit with Putin over Russian memo
Earlier this month, Trump and Putin agreed by phone to meet in the Hungarian capital Budapest to discuss how to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
A few days later, the Russian Foreign Ministry sent a memo insisting on demands such as territorial concessions, a significant reduction in Ukraine’s armed forces and guarantees that the country will never join NATO.
The US subsequently canceled the summit following a telephone conversation between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. After the conversation, Rubio told Trump that Moscow showed no willingness to negotiate, one of the sources told the Times.
The sources said Trump was still willing to meet with the Russians “when and where he believes progress can be made.”