New Delhi: Russia said on Wednesday that it was still preparing for a potential summit between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, though no date had been set and that Putin – like Trump – did not want to waste his time.

Trump said last week following a phone call with Putin that he could meet him in Budapest soon as part of efforts to end the war in Ukraine. But Trump said on Tuesday he did not want to hold a meeting that would be “waste of time”, and a senior White House official told Reuters that there were no plans for a Trump-Putin meeting “in the immediate future”.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that dates for any summit “have yet to be determined, but before that, careful preparation is necessary – it takes time”.

‘No one wants to waste t

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