Rubio states that discussions between Russia and Ukraine are in a “blockage” and a Trump-Putin meeting is required to reach progress
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The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said on Thursday after Moscow sent a second -rate team to Turkey's discussions, that the only way to take progress in the efforts to end the Russia in Ukraine will be through direct discussions between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, writes Reuters.
Rubio, who spoke to reporters in Antalya, said he would go to Istanbul for meetings on Friday with Turkish Minister Hakan Fidan and with a Ukrainian delegation, but said he has no high expectations from discussions, News.ro reporting Reuters.
“I do not think we will have progress here until President Trump and President Putin will interact directly on this subject,” Rubio said, resuming Trump's previous comments.
The head of American diplomacy described the current stage of discussions to end the war as a “blockage” and said that Trump is the only person who can break it.
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Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski went to Turkey on Thursday after Putin proposed discussions there, but the Russian leader did not come to take part in negotiations. Instead, Putin sent to Istanbul a secondary level team made up of deputy counselors and ministers.
Rubio said that the level of officials sent by Russia does not indicate progress, but said that Trump is willing to remain involved in discussions as long as it is necessary to obtain peace.
When asked if efforts are being carried out to bring Trump and Putin together at the negotiation table, Rubio said that Trump will make decisions once his tour in the Middle East will end “we will wait until he finishes his tour …
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