The US president did not rule out that he could meet his Russian counterpart at a later date<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump has called off his planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, saying he does not believe the talks would yield the desired results at this stage of the dialogue. Moscow has yet to comment.
\nTrump made the announcement during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the White House on Wednesday, saying the planned summit in Hungary \u201cdid not feel right.\u201d
\n\u201cIt did not feel like we were going to get to the place we have to get, so I canceled it,\u201d he said.
\nHowever, Trump did not rule out holding talks with Putin at a later date. \u201cBut we will do it [the summit] in the future,\u201d he added, without specifying when or where a meeting might take place.<\/p>\n
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Trump\u2019s remarks come shortly after the US Treasury Department unveiled additional sanctions on Russia, citing its\u00a0\u201clack of serious commitment to a peace process.\u201d The restrictions targeted two of Russia\u2019s largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as their subsidiaries.
\nTrump, however, admitted he was unsure whether the new sanctions would change Russia\u2019s stance on the Ukraine conflict. \u201cHopefully he [Putin] will become reasonable, and hopefully [Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir] Zelensky will be reasonable too,\u201d he said. \u201cIt takes two to tango.\u201d
\nPlans for a Putin\u2013Trump summit were first announced last week after the two leaders spoke by phone, although no specific date had been set.
\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier said the Russia-US meeting should be preceded by \u201cserious preparations,\u201d emphasizing that a summit between the two leaders \u201cshould not be wasted,\u201d as both presidents \u201care accustomed to working for a result.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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