Delay in Rubio-Lavrov Meeting Casts Doubt on Budapest Trump-Putin Talks

The planned meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, initially scheduled for this week, has been postponed for reasons that remain unclear, raising questions about whether a personal meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will go ahead. A White House source told CNN that the meeting has been delayed, at least temporarily, without specifying a cause.

Previously, 23 October had been mentioned as a possible date for the Rubio-Lavrov discussions, which were intended to pave the way for a potential Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest....