US ‘will move on’ from Ukraine peace efforts if no progress within days, Rubio warns
Some alarming rhetoric coming from the US secretary of state this morning, following his meeting with European partners in Paris yesterday.
Marco Rubio said just moments ago from the French capital that the US will walk away from its efforts to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine unless there are clear signs of progress in the coming days.
“We need to figure out here now, within a matter of days, whether this [peace deal] is doable in the short term, because if it’s not, then I think we’re just going to move on,” he said.
“We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end,” he added.
Rubio said Donald Trump is still interested in pursuing peace, but that the US has many other priorities around the world.
“We need to determine very quickly now – and I’m talking about a matter of days – whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks. If it is, we’re in. If it’s not, then we have other priorities to focus on as well.”
Trump said yesterday he felt a ceasefire was “close”, and that Moscow was set to get back to him regarding a recent proposal imminently.