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Kremlin Refutes Reports of Cancelled Putin-Trump Summit
(MENAFN) Kirill Dmitriev, the special envoy for economic affairs to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has rejected recent claims suggesting that plans for a potential summit between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Budapest have been abandoned.
His statement comes in response to reports from several U.S. media outlets, which referenced an anonymous White House official stating there were currently no intentions for a Putin-Trump meeting “in the immediate future.”
Some of these publications interpreted the phrase as implying that the summit had either been indefinitely delayed or completely canceled.
Responding to these reports, Dmitriev accused the press of misrepresenting the official’s comments.
“Media is twisting the comment about the ‘immediate future’ to undercut the upcoming summit. Preparations continue,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday.
His remarks were specifically aimed at a Financial Times headline that claimed, “Trump and Putin cancel Budapest summit over Ukraine.”
Dmitriev, who also heads Russia’s sovereign investment vehicle, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), has been involved in key diplomatic efforts.
He joined Putin during a rare face-to-face encounter with Trump in Alaska this past August and participated in the U.S.-Russia discussions held in Riyadh earlier this year in February.
Putin and Trump reportedly reached a verbal agreement to convene in Budapest during a phone conversation last week, although no fixed date was disclosed.
When asked about the event on Tuesday, Trump told journalists at the Oval Office that he had not yet “made a determination” regarding the summit, emphasizing that he did not want it to be “a wasted time.”
His statement comes in response to reports from several U.S. media outlets, which referenced an anonymous White House official stating there were currently no intentions for a Putin-Trump meeting “in the immediate future.”
Some of these publications interpreted the phrase as implying that the summit had either been indefinitely delayed or completely canceled.
Responding to these reports, Dmitriev accused the press of misrepresenting the official’s comments.
“Media is twisting the comment about the ‘immediate future’ to undercut the upcoming summit. Preparations continue,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday.
His remarks were specifically aimed at a Financial Times headline that claimed, “Trump and Putin cancel Budapest summit over Ukraine.”
Dmitriev, who also heads Russia’s sovereign investment vehicle, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), has been involved in key diplomatic efforts.
He joined Putin during a rare face-to-face encounter with Trump in Alaska this past August and participated in the U.S.-Russia discussions held in Riyadh earlier this year in February.
Putin and Trump reportedly reached a verbal agreement to convene in Budapest during a phone conversation last week, although no fixed date was disclosed.
When asked about the event on Tuesday, Trump told journalists at the Oval Office that he had not yet “made a determination” regarding the summit, emphasizing that he did not want it to be “a wasted time.”
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