Donald Trump has announced he will not hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary. Photo: AP PHOTO

US President Donald Trump says his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is on hold because he doesn't want it to be a "waste of time."

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It was the latest twist in Trump's stop-and-go effort to resolve the war in Ukraine.

The decision to hold off on the meeting in Budapest which Trump had announced last week, was made following a call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

A decision to shelve the meeti

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