US President Donald Trump says he would meet again with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to end the war in Ukraine.
A date has not been set, but Trump wrote on social media that the meeting would take place in Budapest, Hungary.
Trump’s announcement came shortly after finishing a call with Putin.
Budapest resident György Szirmai said the meeting is “a positive development” and Hungary can play a key role “in discussions about the outcome of the war.”
Trump’s announcement about the Budapest meeting came one day before sitting down with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.
The Ukrainian president has been seeking weapons that would allow Ukrainian forces to strike deeper into Russian territory.
Zelenskyy has argued such strikes would help compel Putin to take Trump’s calls for direct negotiations to end the war more seriously.
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