The meeting between President Donald Trump of the United States, US, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin is being delayed due to lack of “signals”.
This was disclosed by the spokesman of Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov on Monday.
Trump and Putin had expressed readiness for a meeting but neither side has indicated when it would hold.
Addressing journalists, Peskov said: “So far, we have not received any signals from the Americans. The readiness remains. The same readiness, as we have heard, remains on the American side.”
The nearly three-year Ukraine conflict has plunged relations between the two nuclear powers to their lowest levels since the Cold War.
Trump, who took office on January 20, told reporters on Thursday he was willing to meet Putin “immediately” to reach a deal to end the fighting.
On Friday, Putin described Trump as a “smart” and “pragmatic” man, noting that the conflict might not have started in 2022 had he been President.