Marco Rubio confirmed that the United States is coordinating the construction of safety guarantees for Ukraine with European allies. The Secretary of State in an interview with Fox News estimated that during the White home gathering "great progress" was made, although reaching a peace agreement "will take up even more work and a small more time."
Rubio stated that each country has the right to enter into safety alliances with another countries, as the Russian side first admitted in Alaska. "The proposition is that Ukraine, after the conflict, has the right to enter into safety agreements with another countries and we will cooperate with our European allies and countries outside Europe to build specified safety guarantees" - said the head of American diplomacy.
Breakthrough in Peace talks
Trump interrupted the gathering with European leaders to call Putin and then resumed discussions. The U.S. president confirmed that the conversation afraid the organization of an unprecedented bilateral Zelenski-Putin meeting. "And if everything goes well, we hope that the next gathering will be the gathering of Presidents Putin, Trump and Zelenski, where we hope to finalize the agreement" - Rubio reported.
European leaders praised Trump's proposal to warrant safety in the kind of Article 5 NATO for Ukraine, as reported by onet.pl. Zelenski assessed this gathering as best in dealing with Trump and expressed his willingness to meet Putin, according to newspaper.pl.
International coordination
Rubio stressed that the US is engaged in "coordination" of global safety guarantees for Ukraine. However, he added that according to the Ukrainians "the strongest safety warrant they can come up with for their future is simply a strong army." The Secretary of State assessed as a breakthrough the very fact that Putin agreed to meet Zelenski after 3 and a half years of conflict.
Ukraine proposed to the United States to acquisition weapons for $100 billion and contracts to produce drones for $50 billion, according to the Financial Times report. These economical proposals are intended to strengthen the Ukrainian negotiating position in future peace talks, as reported by businessinsider.com.pl.
Challenges and perspectives
Experts pay attention to the precedent for negotiations in Istanbul in 2022, which shows possible traps in Russian negotiations, as rp.pl warns. The absence of Poland at the gathering is attributed to the fact that the fresh administration of the president is inactive organized, according to fact.pl and polsatnews.pl.
"But the fact that Putin says, 'Sure, I'll meet Zelenski' is simply a large deal. I'm not saying they're gonna leave this area as best friends. I am not saying that they will leave this area with a peace agreement, but I think that the fact that people are now talking to each other, which has not been there for 3 and a half years is important" - added Rubio, as he relates pb.pl.
Sources used: "PAP", "onet.pl", "gaseta.pl", "wp.pl", "businessinsider.com.pl", "rp.pl", "fact.pl", "polsatnews.pl", "pb.pl"
Note: This article has been edited with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.
