The Trump administration said on Tuesday that there are “no plans” for President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in the immediate future, marking an abrupt postponement of a meeting Trump said a few days ago would happen in Hungary.

The statement came hours after Russia’s top diplomat signaled a wide chasm between Moscow and Washington on ending the war in Ukraine. The Trump administration, in confirming the meeting’s postponement, made no mention of a diplomatic row between the longtime adversaries.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov “had a productive call,” said a White House official, who was not authorized to speak to the media. “Therefore, an additional in-person meeting between the secretary and foreign minister is not necess

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