"With expectations building on US President Donald Trump's next face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, European leaders have said current battle lines in Ukraine must be the starting point for any peace talks. After meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House last week, Trump is expected to meet with Putin in Budapest within the next weeks."
"In a statement on Tuesday, the leaders of European powers including Britain, Germany and the EU, said they "strongly support President Trump's position that the fighting should stop immediately, and that the current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations.""
"The summit between Trump and Putin has also hit a snag with the preliminary meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, that had been expected to take place on Thursday in Budapest, was postponed."
Expectations are growing for a face-to-face meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest. European leaders including Britain, Germany and the EU voiced support for an immediate ceasefire and urged that the current line of contact serve as the starting point for negotiations. Trump endorsed Ukraine's position that a ceasefire should hold at current battle lines. Moscow has demanded additional territorial concessions among several conditions for a ceasefire. A planned preliminary meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Budapest was postponed.
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