“US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the issue of the future status of Donbas one of the most difficult stages of the peace negotiations, the resolution of which the parties have not yet come close to.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Zelensky, Trump and Rubio in the White House. photo by Getty Images Source: Rubio to lawmakers in the US Senate Committee on International Relations, he is quoted by CNN, writes “European Truth”
Details: According to the US Secretary of State, diplomats are currently trying to find common ground between the positions of Kyiv and Moscow, but progress in this matter remains limited.
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“I know there is active work going on to try to figure out if we can reconcile the views of both sides on this issue. It’s still a bridge we haven’t crossed,” he told lawmakers.
“It’s still a disagreement, but at least we’ve narrowed it down to one central issue, and it’s probably going to be a very difficult issue, but it’s still a work in progress,” he added.
Rubio acknowledged the political difficulty for Ukraine to even consider “the idea that you could consider changing territories.”
“In the case of Russia, they’ve been telling their citizens for two and a half years now that they’re winning this war by a huge margin. So people are going to wonder why we’re surrendering territory if we’re winning so confidently?” Rubio said.
He described the pace of development as changing and fast.
Rubio also said he is in contact with special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner “probably 10 times a day.”
Prehistory:
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andriy Sybiga, stated that President Volodymyr Zelenskyi is ready for a personal meeting with Volodymyr Putin to resolve the two most important issues – regarding the territories and ZNPP.
- On Monday, January 26, Zelenskyi announced that another meeting of the negotiating teams of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia is being prepared this week – tentatively, on Sunday, February 1.