Trump Says Progress Made in Call with Putin; Both to Meet in Hungary | WPN World People News

On the 16th, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that, in an effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war as soon as possible, the two sides will meet in Hungary at a later date. The exact date of the meeting is still under negotiation.

Trump wrote on his social media platform *Truth Social* that he recently received a call from President Putin. At the beginning of the conversation, Putin congratulated the United States on achieving a major peace breakthrough in the Middle East. Trump said he believes that this experience will help advance negotiations with Russia and become a key milestone in efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

This marks the eighth conversation between Trump and Putin this year. The phone call lasted approximately 2.5 hours and included discussions on Middle East peace, post-war economic cooperation between the U.S. and Russia, and plans for a meeting in Budapest, Hungary, within the next two weeks to discuss an end-of-war proposal for the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Trump stated that the call achieved significant progress and could be a major turning point in promoting peace talks to end the war.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other members of the American delegation are scheduled to hold preparatory talks with Russian officials next week to arrange the upcoming summit and lay the groundwork for the meeting between the two leaders.