{"id":3391,"date":"2025-10-20T12:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/20\/zelenskyy-eyes-invite-to-trump-putin-talks-in-budapest\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:37:07","slug":"zelenskyy-eyes-invite-to-trump-putin-talks-in-budapest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/20\/zelenskyy-eyes-invite-to-trump-putin-talks-in-budapest\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy eyes invite to Trump-Putin talks in Budapest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Ukrainian president said he would attend if invited, although wary of Hungarian setting.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is willing to join the summit arranged between United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Monday, Zelenskyy said he would take part if he were invited. The Ukrainian president is wary of the setting for the meeting in Budapest, given Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban\u2019s warm relations with Moscow and antagonistic approach to Kyiv.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/18\/kremlin-envoy-proposes-putin-trump-tunnel-to-link-russia-us\">Kremlin envoy proposes \u2018Putin-Trump tunnel\u2019 to link Russia, US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/18\/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-repairs-begin-in-ukraine-as-ceasefire-zones-set\">Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant repairs begin in Ukraine as ceasefire zones set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/17\/trump-says-ukraine-war-could-end-quickly-as-he-meets-zelenskyy\">Trump says Ukraine war could end \u2018quickly\u2019 as he meets Zelenskyy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cIf I am invited to Budapest \u2013 if it is an invitation in a format where we meet as three or, as it\u2019s called, shuttle diplomacy, President Trump meets with Putin and President Trump meets with me \u2013 then in one format or another, we will agree,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<p>No date has been set for the summit in the Hungarian capital, although it is thought likely to be held in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Trump continues to try to force an end to the fighting, which has been ongoing since Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The US leader has not presented any detailed proposals, and wavers in his approach. But he has grown increasingly frustrated with faltering peace efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, he expressed disappointment at Putin for not making meaningful concessions after the two met in Alaska in August. He has floated the idea that the US could <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/17\/trump-putin-to-meet-will-ukraine-get-us-tomahawks-or-not\">send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles<\/a>, a move Moscow said would escalate the conflict.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3891412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3891412\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250815__69NG2PM__v1__HighRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummitTrumpPutin-1755315393.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C488&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for photos.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3891412\">Trump and Putin during a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, US, August 15, 2025 [Gavriil Grigorov\/Pool via AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"we-stand-where-we-stand\">\u2018We stand where we stand\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In late September, Trump said he believes Ukraine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/23\/in-major-shift-trump-says-ukraine-can-win-back-all-territory-from-russia\">could win back all its territory<\/a> with help from the European Union and NATO.<\/p>\n<p>However, this week, he changed tune again following a phone call with Putin, and called for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/trump-calls-on-russia-and-ukraine-to-freeze-war-at-current-battle-lines\">freezing the current battle lines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy, who reportedly had a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/19\/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1334\">tense discussion with Trump<\/a> at the White House on Friday, said he accepts the idea of freezing the front lines but urged the US to exert more pressure on Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter many rounds of discussion over more than two hours with [Trump] and his team, his message, in my view, is positive \u2013 that we stand where we stand on the front line,\u201d Zelenskyy said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4047341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4047341\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-17T180841Z_2082383333_RC2UDHAWJP8Z_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-1760953693.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C434&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with U.S. President Donald Trump over lunch in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 17, 2025. REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4047341\">Zelenskyy meets Trump over lunch at the White House in Washington, DC, October 17, 2025 [Jonathan Ernst\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looking ahead to the Budapest summit, Zelenskyy voiced concern about the host.<\/p>\n<p>Orban, the closest EU leader to Russia, has persistently sought to disrupt Kyiv\u2019s efforts to secure Western support and has tried to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/12\/15\/hungary-blocks-54bn-eu-financial-aid-for-ukraine\">block aid from the bloc to Ukraine<\/a> on several occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said he doubts Orban \u201ccan do anything positive for Ukrainians\u201d or \u201cprovide a balanced contribution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that Budapest was chosen as the venue for the summit because Trump has warm relations with Orban and Putin has constructive relations with Orban.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is also notable that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a warrant for Putin\u2019s arrest on war crimes charges.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary launched the process of leaving the ICC as it hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has also been indicted as a war criminal, earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Budapest has pledged that the Russian leader will not be arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy also cautioned against another \u201cBudapest scenario\u201d \u2013 a reference to the 1994 Budapest Memorandum \u2013 in which Moscow and other powers provided security assurances to Ukraine and other former Soviet states in exchange for their giving up the nuclear arsenals they inherited from Soviet times.<\/p>\n<p>European foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas expressed disappointment with Hungary over Putin\u2019s potential visit within the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not nice to see that a person under [an] ICC arrest warrant is coming to a European country,\u201d Kallas said as she arrived at a meeting of EU foreign ministers.<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania\u2019s Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys asserted: \u201cThe only place for Putin in Europe is The Hague, in front of the tribunal, not in any of our capitals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kallas added that another round of EU sanctions on Russia, the 19th overall, would likely be approved this week.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Peskov told reporters that work on the summit was only just beginning.<\/p>\n<p>He added a claim that while Russia is engaged in serious work with the US to seek a peace deal, Ukraine is sending contradictory signals that make the process harder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian president said he would attend if invited, although wary of Hungarian setting. 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