Trump and Putin set for Budapest talks in efforts to end Ukraine war

AFP | Washington

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President Donald Trump said he would meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest after making “great progress” in a call yesterday, just a day before Ukraine’s leader is due at the White House to push for US-made Tomahawk missiles.

Trump did not give a date for the meeting in the Hungarian capital, which would be his second with Putin since returning to office. The pair met in Alaska in August without a breakthrough on ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“I believe great progress was made with today’s telephone conversation,” Trump said on his Truth Social network. Trump said he and Putin would “meet in an agreed upon location, Budapest, Hungary, to see if we can bring this ‘inglorious’ War, between Russia and Ukraine, to an end.”

Initial meetings

Top US and Russian officials including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would hold “initial meetings” next week in an as yet to be decided location, Trump added.