US will ‘move on’ from Ukraine peace talks in days if no progress soon
The US will abandon trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs a truce can be reached, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned.
Rubio said the US wanted to help end the war but was willing to move on if there were no immediate signs of progress.
“We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end,” Rubio said, adding that the US had “other priorities to focus on”.
The comments come just hours after Ukraine took the first step towards signing a minerals deal with Washington that intends to set up an investment fund for Ukraine’s reconstruction.
Following a meeting with European leaders in Paris on Thursday, Rubio told reporters on Friday: “We need to determine very quickly now – and I’m talking about a matter of days – whether or not this is doable” in the short-term.
Source: BBC | Language: English