There are no plans for President Trump to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin "in the immediate future," a White House official told The Hill, following a call between two of their top envoys.
A White House official said Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a "productive call" on Tuesday.
"Therefore, an additional-in-person meeting between the Secretary and Foreign Minister is not necessary, and there are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future," the official said.
The call between Rubio and Lavrov was expected to lay the groundwork for a potential Trump-Putin summit in Budapest, Hungary. Trump last week told reporters he expected to meet Putin "within two weeks or so" after the two leaders spoke o