resident Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/ PTI) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Hungarian capital Budapest in the coming two weeks.

"I'll be meeting him probably over the next two weeks," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, adding that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would first have talks with Russian officials.

"In two weeks or so... Marco Rubio will be meeting with his counterpart Sergey Lavrov... It was a very productive phone call (with Russian President Putin). I will be meeting with him and we will decide. Tomorrow I will be mee

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