Secretary of State Marco Rubio believes the “only way” the warfare in Ukraine ends is with President Trump — whom he described as a “lover of peace” — sitting throughout the desk from Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
“I think that’s the only chance we have at peace at this point, given everything we’ve seen over the last few weeks,” Rubio advised Fox Information host Sean Hannity on Thursday, reiterating remarks Trump made earlier that “nothing’s going to happen” till the 2 come head to head.
“There’s been talks, there’s been negotiations, there’s been trips and meetings — but in the end, I think we’ve reached the conclusion, rightfully so, as the president has, that the only way this is going to happen, if it has a chance to happen, the only way it happens is, if the president directly engages with Vladimir Putin,” he added.
Rubio, who’s main a US delegation in Turkey for talks — proposed by Putin— aimed toward settling the bloodiest European battle since World Warfare II, lauded Trump as a peace-centric president.
“The president, frankly, is a lover of peace,” the highest US diplomat mentioned.
“This is a person that wants to stop wars and prevent wars and end wars. That’s what the president endeavors to do,” Rubio continued.
“I still don’t understand why some would be critical of the president,” he added. “They should be happy that the president of the most powerful nation on earth is a peacemaker who seeks to prevent wars, seeks to end wars, and seeks to stop existing wars.”
“That, I think, is something we should be very proud of.”
Trump, 78, had made ending the warfare a prime goal of his second time period’s overseas coverage.
The president, at instances, has expressed frustration with each Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Putin for the dearth of progress towards peace.
As Rubio famous, Trump advised reporters aboard Air Power One Thursday that he doesn’t consider a truce is feasible until he pow-wows with Putin.
“Nothing is going to happen until Putin and I get together,” he mentioned.
“He wasn’t going if I wasn’t there,” Trump mentioned of the Russian president’s notable absence in Turkey.
“I don’t believe anything’s going to happen, whether you like it or not, until he and I get together,” the president added. “But we’re going to have to get it solved cause too many people are dying.”
Zelensky flew to Turkey for the talks however Ukrainian Protection Minister Rustem Umerov represented Kyiv in negotiations after Putin failed to indicate.
“After we understood the level of the Russian delegation, we saw that they unfortunately are very unserious about real negotiations,” Zelensky mentioned.
Ukraine is believed to be desirous about getting Russia to comply with the US-proposed 30-day cease-fire through the talks in Istanbul.
Zelensky has additionally referred to as on the US, Europe and the worldwide south to additional sanction Russia in the event that they fail to comply with the lengthy sought-after pause within the battle.
