ANTALYA: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned on Thursday (Could 15) the one means a breakthrough will occur within the efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine can be by means of direct talks between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, after Moscow despatched a second-tier crew to talks in Türkiye.
Rubio, who spoke to reporters in Antalya, mentioned he would journey to Istanbul for conferences on Friday with Türkiye’s International Minister Hakan Fidan and a Ukrainian delegation, however mentioned he didn’t have excessive expectations for the talks.
“I do not assume we will have a breakthrough right here till the president (Trump) and President Putin work together immediately on this subject,” Rubio mentioned, echoing earlier feedback from Trump.
The highest US diplomat described the present state of the talks to finish the conflict as a “logjam,” and mentioned Trump was the one one who can break it.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had traveled to Türkiye after Putin proposed talks there, earlier than the Russian president determined towards touring to the talks himself.
Putin as an alternative dispatched a second-tier crew of aides and deputy ministers to Istanbul.
