Moscow, Oct 24, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on his cancelled meeting with US President Donald Trump, which was initially planned to be taking place in Budapest, Hungary, in the coming weeks.

Emphasising on the importance of continued diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine, Putin on Thursday said: “Well, what can one always say? Dialogue is always better than confrontation, than disputes, or even more so than war.”

“That is why we have always supported the continuation of dialogue, and we continue to support it now,” he added.

“It would be a mistake for both me and the US President to approach this lightly and come away from this meeting without the expected result,” Putin said, emphasising that the meeting was originally proposed by the US side.

The Russian leader said Wa

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