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Rubio and Lavrov had a phone call on Monday and discussed "next steps" to follow up on the call between their two presidents last week regarding a possible end to the conflict in Ukraine.
The phone call between the US and Russian foreign ministers on Monday evening, which was supposed to be a preparation for the planned US-Russia summit in Budapest, did not go well.
According to CNN sources, the talks have been suspended for a while. The main reason for this is that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have different ideas about a possible end to the war.
It is not yet clear how this will affect the planned Trump-Putin summit, but according to government sources, Rubio is unlikely to suggest that the two leaders meet next week because he sees the Russians as unwilling to give in to their maximum demands on Ukraine. One of the sources said Rubio and Lavrov had different expectations regarding a possible end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
As is known, US President Donald Trump announced last week that he may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest within two weeks to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
Trump said Thursday after a phone call with Putin that the two "agreed that there will be a meeting of our Senior Advisors next week."
"The initial United States meetings will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with various other individuals to be appointed," he wrote on Truth Social.
It was also not immediately clear what impact the appearance of the preliminary meeting between Lavrov and Rubio would ultimately have on the anticipated Trump-Putin summit in Budapest, Hungary.
"President Trump has worked tirelessly to find a peaceful and diplomatic solution to end this senseless war and stop the killing," White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly told CNN. "He has courageously engaged with parties on all sides and will do everything in his power to achieve peace."
Rubio and Lavrov on Monday had a phone call and discussed "next steps" to follow up on the phone call between their two presidents last week regarding a possible end to the conflict in Ukraine, according to a brief U.S. State Department statement on the call.
Rubio "emphasized the importance of the upcoming engagements as an opportunity for Moscow and Washington to collaborate in advancing a lasting resolution to the Russia-Ukraine war, consistent with President Trump's vision," according to the release.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin described the phone call as a "constructive discussion" that addressed "possible concrete steps to implement the agreements" reached between Trump and Putin.
It has been more than two months since Trump held his last face-to-face summit with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska. That meeting, which lasted nearly three hours, ended without an agreement, with both leaders hailing progress.
Since then, Trump has publicly called on Kiev and Moscow to "immediately stop the war." / Adapted from CNN /
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