Russian officials say Ukraine\u2019s backers in the EU are attempting to sabotage the event with media \u201cinfodumps\u201d<\/p>\n
Russian officials have rejected media reports suggesting that plans for a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have been suspended, saying Ukraine\u2019s European backers are attempting to sabotage the talks.
\nDeputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters on Tuesday that extensive preparations are still underway for the \u201csignificant event,\u201d which both leaders agreed to hold in Budapest during a recent phone call.
\nHe said reports that the summit had been postponed were \u201cinfodumps\u201d intended to disrupt diplomatic progress.
\n\u201cEU and NATO countries are seeking to torpedo everything,\u201d Ryabkov stated, describing the European Union as \u201cthe most destructive force on the international stage at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also mocked what she described as a Western media \u201cinfo-circus,\u201d claiming that reporting based on anonymous sources amounted to little more than a \u201cCNN leak\u201d that \u201cdisproves a Reuters rumor.\u201d
\nThe comments followed a CNN story citing unnamed sources who claimed preparations for the summit \u201chad been tabled, at least for now.\u201d The report said that an in-person meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been delayed after a phone conversation on Monday, allegedly due to a lack of shift in Russia\u2019s negotiating stance.
\nMoscow has repeatedly accused European governments supporting Kiev of seeking to prolong the Ukraine conflict rather than encourage peace talks. Officials have argued that this approach helps EU leaders avoid accountability for their failed strategy.
\nConversely, the planned Putin-Trump summit host country, Hungary, has opposed the West\u2019s deterioration of relations with Russia and the EU\u2019s military aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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