Trump-Putin summit in Budapest on hold after Rubio spoke to Lavrov – US official

A meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has been put on hold (Jae C Hong/AP)

Plans are on hold for President Donald Trump to sit down with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to talk about resolving the war in Ukraine, according to a US official.

The meeting had been announced last week and was supposed to take place in Budapest, Hungary, although a date had not been set.

The decision was made following a call between US secretary of state Marco Rubio and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.