India, Oct. 31 -- The US has cancelled a planned Budapest summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia sent a memo to Washington noting its firm stance on its demands regarding Ukraine, the Financial Times reported.
The decision comes after a "tense call" between the two countries' top diplomats, the report added.
Trump said on Saturday that he will not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin until he is convinced a concrete peace deal is within reach to end the Russia-Ukraine war, which will enter its fifth year in February.
The two leaders had been expected to meet in Budapest to push forward negotiations on a settlement, but the summit never took shape.
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