According to him, US President Donald Trump “waited more than six months”, making efforts to resolve, but did not wait for progress from the Kremlin.
“The best way forward is the cessation of shooting and the beginning of negotiations. However, at least for now, we feel that the Russian side has not shown a sincere interest in achieving this goal,” Rubio said.
He recalled Trump's irritation with telephone conversations with the illegally interested in the world by the illegitimate President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and his negotiators, after which the army of the invaders fired at Ukrainian cities, including far from the front line.
At some point, Trump will have to decide whether to continue the effort to achieve a truce, if one of the parties is not interested in it, the head of the State Department said. Then the time of other options will come, including secondary duties against countries buying oil from the Russian Federation, as well as banking sanctions, which, in his opinion, have already shown effectiveness.
“Obviously, the president is not going to wait forever,” Rubio summed up, noting that Washington leaves no attempt to “stop the fighting”.
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July 15, the head of the White House said that “Very disappointed” Putin's actions. Trump threatened that if Moscow does not agree to negotiations within 50 days, then the United States will be duties. “We will introduce very hard tariffs, about 100%, you call them secondary tariffs,” Trump said. July 29 he reduced this period to 10 days.
July 31, the head of the White House said that Not sure of the effectiveness of new sanctions against the Russian Federation as a way to end the war. “I don’t know if this will affect, because he obviously wants to continue the war … I don’t know if this really affects, but we will do it, ”Trump said.
