ARCHIVAL PHOTO: U.S. and Russian Delegations meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 18 February 2025. © Global Look Press / Freddie Everett
The United States will not quit efforts to aid establish peace between Russia and Ukraine, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, after the State Department's message suggested that the United States might retreat from negotiations.However, Rubio warned that if talks stay in stalemate, the United States could “go further”.
"If there is no advancement between the 2 parties, we will retreat from the function of mediator" “previously told reporters a spokesperson for Tammy Bruce State Department at a press conference.Speaking later with Fox News host Sean Hannit, Rubio said: “We will not quit in the sense that we will not be ready to aid if we canIt’s okay. ”
He added that the final decision belonged to US president Donald Trump.
“At any point it should be something that can happen, or we all gotta decision on. This will be the decision the president will gotta make."Rubio stressed that the conflict that intensified under erstwhile president Joe Biden in 2022, “is not our war” and said that the United States now considers confronting China and Iran's atomic programme to be higher priorities.Bruce later explained to Fox News that "at the minute our position is the same, but if there is no progress, it will change."
She denied that the administration was withdrawing from the peace effort.Since his return to office in January Trump pressed both Moscow and Kiev to conclude a ceasefire, but late expressed frustration over the deficiency of progress.Moscow has late stated that it is ready for direct talks with Kiev ‘without preconditions’.
President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to observe a 72-hour ceasefire during the triumph Day celebration next week.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelenski rejected the offer, calling it ‘the effort to manipulate’.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/616678-us-clarify-Ukraine-conflict-mediation/
