Rubio claims 'tremendous amount of progress' in Ukraine peace talks following Geneva meeting
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that discussions over ending the war in Ukraine have entered a productive phase, while claiming "a tremendous amount of progress" had been made.Following...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that discussions over ending the war in Ukraine have entered a productive phase, while claiming "a tremendous amount of progress" had been made. Following a round of talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Geneva, Switzerland, Rubio told reporters negotiators had "a very good day today." "We had a very good day today. I think we made a tremendous amount of progress, even from the last time I spoke to you," Rubio said. "We began almost three weeks ago with a foundational document that we socialized and ran by both sides, and with input from both sides," he said. LAVROV OFFERS FACE-TO-FACE MEETING WITH RUBIO AS RUSSIA SIGNALS DIPLOMATIC OPENING AMID UKRAINE TENSIONS Rubio described how negotiators had been refining the 28-point peace framework that outlines potential conditions for a ceasefire and long-term settlement for Ukraine and Russia. "Over the last 96 hours or more, there’s been extensive engagement with the Ukrainian side including our Secretary of the Army and others, being on the ground in Kyiv, meeting with relevant stakeholders across the Ukrainian political spectrum in the legislative branch and the executive branch, and the military and others to further sort of narrow these points." TRUMP AND ZELENSKYY TO MEET AS POLAND PRESSURES NATO ON NO FLY ZONE OVER UKRAINE "We arrived here today with one goal: to take what – it’s 28 points or 26 points, depending on which version, as it continued to evolve and try to narrow the ones that were open items. And we have achieved that today in a very substantial way," he said. The weekend talks centered on a 28-point plan, which is a framework drafted by the U.S. outlining steps for a possible ceasefire and political settlement. The document is said to cover security guarantees , territorial control, reconstruction mechanisms, and Ukraine’s long-term relationship with NATO and the EU. ZELENSKYY WARNS UKRAINE FACES ‘DIFFICULT CHOICE’ AS US PEACE PLAN HITS MAJOR HURDLE The plan h…