Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a associated property league with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi successful Tehran, Iran, February 25, 2025.
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Russian overseas curate Sergey Lavrov threw acold h2o connected the anticipation of an imminent gathering taking spot betwixt President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying that nary gathering is presently planned.
"Putin is acceptable to conscionable with Zelenskyy, erstwhile the docket would beryllium acceptable for a summit," Lavrov said during an interrogation with NBC News' "Meet the Press" that aired Sunday.
"And this docket is not acceptable astatine all," helium continued.
Lavrov's comments travel aft President Donald Trump suggested earlier this period that the leaders of the 2 countries had agreed to meet, which would people a breakthrough successful the ongoing war.
"I called President Putin, and began the arrangements for a meeting, astatine a determination to beryllium determined, betwixt President Putin and President Zelenskyy," Trump wrote connected his Truth Social connected Aug. 18, aft helium met separately with the 2 leaders.
Trump met successful Alaska with Putin, and past subsequently hosted Zelenskyy astatine the White House, alongside respective European leaders.
But successful the days since Trump's meetings with the 2 leaders, Russia has continued to motorboat rocket strikes connected Ukraine, including 1 that hit an electronics factory owned by a U.S.-based company.
The continued attacks — and Lavrov's comments — person raised questions astir Trump's quality to broker a bid woody betwixt the 2 countries.
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The White House did not instantly respond to CNBC's petition for remark connected Lavrov's remarks.
Vice President JD Vance successful a abstracted interrogation connected NBC News, however, expressed optimism that "energetic diplomacy" volition "bring this warfare to a close."
"We're going to yet beryllium successful, oregon we'll deed a ceramic wall," Vance told NBC News' "Meet the Press."
"And if we deed a ceramic wall, past we're going to proceed this process of negotiation, of applying leverage," helium said.
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