U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in Paris that President Trump will abandon efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal unless clear signs of progress are seen.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00In other news, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump will abandon efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal unless there are clear signs of progress within days.
00:12Speaking in Paris after meeting with European and Ukrainian leaders, Rubio stressed that a decision must be made quickly in a matter of days on whether a deal is possible in the coming weeks.
00:23But we're not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end. So we need to determine very quickly now, and I'm talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable over the next few weeks.
00:35If it is, we're in. If it's not, then we have other priorities to focus on as well.
00:41Rubio's warning came amid signs of some progress in U.S. talks with Ukraine.
00:45Trump said on Thursday he expects to sign an agreement with Kiev next week, giving the U.S. access to Ukraine's mineral resources.
00:54A similar deal collapsed in February after a clash between President Zelensky, Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance in the Oval Office.
01:02There are growing frustrations inside the White House over a lack of progress in pushes to settle a growing list of geopolitical challenges.
01:09During Trump's campaign, he vowed to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office, but later revised his timeline to April or May.