Rubio: We do not know whether Russia seriously wants to end war, but we will see

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the United States currently does not know how serious Russia is about negotiations to settle its war against Ukraine but will continue to test this.

Source: Rubio speaking at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), responding to a question from MSC Chair Wolfgang Ischinger, as reported by European Pravda

Details: In the context of negotiations to resolve Russia's war against Ukraine, Rubio noted that the range of issues requiring resolution has narrowed, but, as he said, the most difficult questions remain, which are hard to answer.

Quote: "We don't know if the Russians are serious about ending the war. They say they are, and under what terms they were willing to do it, and whether we can find terms that are acceptable to Ukraine upon which Russia will always agree too. However, we're going to continue to test it."

Details: Rubio believes the United States has managed to achieve progress in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.

"I don't think anybody in this room would be against a negotiated settlement to this war, so long as the conditions are just and sustainable. And that's what we aim to achieve, but we're going to continue to try to achieve it even as all these other things continue to happen on the sanctions front and so forth," Rubio noted.

Background:

• A new round of talks between Ukraine, the United States and Russia will take place in Geneva on 17-18 February.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told journalists that the United States proposed ending Russia's war against Ukraine before the beginning of summer, as later it will have another priority – congressional elections.
• Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump stated that Zelenskyy has to "move" and reach a deal to end the war.

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