Zakharova stated that the West is trying to disrupt the Russia–U.S. summit in Budapest

Western countries have launched a large-scale information campaign about the cancellation of the Russia–U.S. summit in Budapest.

This information reported according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. She made the statement during the session “Media, New Media, and Diplomacy: Challenges and Opportunities” at the 8th Global Forum of Young Diplomats.

“We saw an information attack involving AI technologies and traditional media in connection with the talks that were supposed to take place in Budapest,” Zakharova said.

The diplomat noted that Moscow and Washington had reached an agreement and were preparing for the meeting, but an orchestrated information campaign was launched to create among the public the impression that the summit was supposedly being canceled.

“The campaign was aimed at making people internally accept the idea that this summit is unnecessary, that the meeting will not take place, that something must happen to prevent it,” she added.

Meanwhile, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that the Russia–U.S. bilateral summit in Budapest remains on the agenda, and that Europe knows it will definitely take place.

Earlier, Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia had been forced to take tough measures in response to Western actions.