“ US Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized that the introduction of the first new sanctions against Russia by the Donald Trump administration should not be a surprise and does not mean that Washington is abandoning negotiations with Moscow. Source: “European Truth” with reference to CNN Rubio’s direct speech: “The president has repeatedly said for several months that at some point he will have to do something if there is no progress on the peace agreement. So today he decided to do something.” Details: At the same time, he emphasized that the USA is open to negotiations with the Russian Federation. “We would still like to meet with the Russian side … I had a good conversation with Foreign Minister Lavrov, and we will return to it. We will always be interested in engaging if there is an opportunity to achieve peace,” Rubio said. Background: On October 22, for the first time under the second administration of Donald Trump, the United States applied new large-scale sanctions against Russia, in particular the oil giants Lukoil and Rosneft and their subsidiaries. The sanctions were attributed to Moscow’s reluctance to take Trump’s peacemaking efforts seriously. In a conversation with reporters, Trump said that he had changed his mind about meeting Putin in Budapest for the time being, and admitted that he was disappointed with the pace of negotiations with Russia. The media also learned that the Trump administration lifted a key restriction on Ukraine’s use of some long-range missiles provided by Western allies. Before that, there were a number of unofficial signals that the meeting between Trump and Putin in Budapest, which they agreed to in a phone call last week, may not take place – as Russia continues to cling to its maximalist demands for how the Russian-Ukrainian war should end.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Photo by Getty Images Source: “European truth” with reference to CNN
Rubio’s direct speech: “The president has repeatedly said for several months that at some point he will have to do something if there is no progress on the peace agreement. So today he decided to do something.”
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Details: At the same time, he emphasized that the USA is open to negotiations with the Russian Federation.
“We would still like to meet with the Russian side … I had a good conversation with Foreign Minister Lavrov, and we will return to it. We will always be interested in engaging if there is an opportunity to achieve peace,” Rubio said.
Prehistory:
- On October 22, the United States for the first time under the second administration of Donald Trump applied new large-scale sanctions against Russia, in particular the oil giants “Lukoil” and “Rosneft” and their subsidiaries. The sanctions were attributed to Moscow’s reluctance to take Trump’s peacemaking efforts seriously.
- In a conversation with reporters, Trump said that he had changed his mind about meeting Putin in Budapest for the time being, and admitted that he was disappointed with the pace of negotiations with Russia.
- The media also learned that the Trump administration lifted a key restriction on Ukraine’s use of some long-range missiles provided by Western allies.
- Before that, there were a number of unofficial signals that the meeting between Trump and Putin in Budapest, which they agreed to in a phone call last week, may not take place – as Russia continues to cling to its maximalist demands for how the Russian-Ukrainian war should end.