Putin and Trump were expected to meet in Hungary - until Lavrov spoke with Marco Rubio last month
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Putin and Trump were expected to meet in Hungary - until Lavrov spoke with Marco Rubio last month
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Vladimir Putin has deliberately sidelined his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov amid claims that he torpedoed a summit with Donald Trump, according to a report.
The decision reportedly stemmed from a tense call between the two nations' chief diplomats
Top diplomat insists peace cannot be achieved without ‘taking Russian interests into account’
US and Russian leaders were reported to be meeting in Budapest this week to discuss Ukraine
US president Donald Trump said the meeting would be bookended by calls with the Russian leader
According to the top Russian diplomat, he was not invited personally, but had "a good conversation with [US Secretary of State]…
Zelensky agreed to hold elections if Donald Trump managed to push Vladimir Putin to a ceasefire.
