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