“President Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin last week and in a conversation Vladimir Putin expressed interest in peace, and the president expressed his desire to end this conflict in a lasting and safeguarding manner of Ukrainian sovereignty. It would be a lasting peace, not that in 3 or 4 years we will have another invasion. It was a good conversation. “Face The Nation” said Rubio.
— Of course there must be action, so the next weeks and days will decide whether this is serious or not. Eventually, 1 telephone call does not make peace,” he added.
The head of American diplomacy warned that despite media reports — and president Trump’s announcements — meetings with the Russian delegation to be held in Saudi Arabia had not yet been yet agreed. Rubio is presently visiting Israel, and then will go to Saudi Arabia and the United arabian Emirates. As he stated, if there is an chance for conversation during this visit, he is ready to take it.
— Ultimately, if there is an chance at any time to proceed the work that president Trump started last week to start creating an chance for a wider discussion that would include Ukraine and would include the end of the war, and would besides affect our allies around the world, especially in Europe, we will consider it if specified an chance comes along. “ He said.
Rubio suggested that 1 gathering with the Russians would not halt the conflict and pointed out that "there are also parties who besides have opinions on this subject", pointing to the European Union and Ukraine.
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When asked about the words of peculiar Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, General Keith Kellogg said that the talks would take place on 2 paths — talks with Russians and talks with Ukraine and Europe — Rubio stated that “there is no trial at the moment” and that there was no “no serious talk”.
Rubio said that his Saturday conversation with the head of the Russian MFA Sergei Lavrow was general and both “only discussed the possibilities of starting communication”. Rubio besides pointed out the problem of working conditions of the American embassy in Moscow.
A somewhat different explanation of the conversation was given by the Russian Ministry of abroad Affairs, which wrote that both parties agreed to "hold the channel of communication in order to address the accumulated problems in Russian-American relations, in order to remove unilateral barriers to mutually beneficial trade, economical and investment cooperation inherited from the erstwhile administration".
Rubio besides referred to the Saturday speech of Vice president J. D. Vance in Munich, in which he accused Europe of moving distant from values and freedom of speech, making comparisons to the USSR. U.S. Secretary of State said that he agrees with many of the things Vance said, assessed his speech as “historic” and added that he did not realize the anger that his speech sparked among any European politicians.
— You don’t gotta agree with someone’s message to at least appreciate the fact that this individual has the right to say it, and you should perceive to it and measure whether this criticism is right,” said Rubio. However, he added that he had spoken to his counterparts from many European countries, and that "many of them most likely did not like this speech," they inactive expressed their willingness to cooperate with the US.
