“Following the peace talks in Geneva, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that significant progress had been made on Sunday, while he had “heard nothing” about proposals from European representatives, although there was a meeting with the national security advisors of European countries.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Marco Rubio, photo by Getty Images Source: Rubio at the second briefing on the results of the negotiations, which was broadcast by Suspilne
Direct speech: “The goal was to take those 28, 26 points, depending on which version we’re taking, and focus on the ones that are still open. We made a lot of progress today. Of course, anything like that has to go through the final version with the president. But I think today was probably the most productive day in a long time.”
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Details: Rubio declined to comment on specifics of the plan.
“Right now, I will not give any details or specifics about the final version. Because until tomorrow until the day after tomorrow, all this can change further. I can say that I am full of optimism. We can do something here, because today we have made a lot of progress,” he said.
The US Secretary of State stated that the peace process was started, already understanding Russia’s position.
“What we have come to today, we need to work on it further, agree with the Ukrainian and Russian sides. They have to agree on it so that it works,” he added.
Asked about the deadline for the deal, Rubio said: “The deadline is this – we want to do it as soon as possible.”
“Yes, I would like by Thursday or sometime. But today we have come a long way. I am full of optimism. We will make progress soon – whether it is Thursday, or Friday, or Monday of next week… We just need more time,” he added.
When asked if consultations were held with representatives of European countries, Rubio said: “Yes, we met with the national security advisers of many countries. We explained to them, also without details, but in general what we advanced today, what we agreed on. Something required feedback from them, but from what I see, there is a lot of positivity from both the American and Ukrainian sides about it all.”
At the same time, when asked about the counter-proposals of European representatives published in the media, Rubio said: “I have not heard of any counter-proposals from Europe.”
Prehistory:
- President Volodymyr Based on the results of the reports of the Ukrainian team at the negotiations in Geneva, Zelenskyi said that the US proposals can take into account a number of elementswhich are based on the Ukrainian vision and are critically important for the national interests of Ukraine.
- The Secretary of the National Security Council, a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the peace talks, Rustem Umyerov stated that the current version of the “peace plan” already reflects most of the key Ukrainian priorities.
- The head of the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations, the head of the OPU Andriy Yermak announced the completion of the first session of negotiations with the US delegation in Geneva and called it “very productive”, he also announced on Sunday the second meeting with the participation of European partners.
- Great Britain, Germany and France have prepared counter-proposals to the US “peace plan” of 28 points, which provide, in particular, the limitation of the number of the Armed Forces to 800,000 people and the beginning of negotiations from the contact line. The mass media published the full text.
- Zelenskyi said that the negotiations on the “peace plan” in Geneva will actually continue until the night.