Rubio: The ball is now on Russian land

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz held a joint press conference on Tuesday evening after meeting with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia.

At the beginning of the meeting, Rubio said, “The ball is now on the Russian land.”

“This ceasefire also considers Ukraine’s prosperity and development,” he said. We hope Russia will agree to this offer. “After Russia’s agreement, we can negotiate the second phase of the final and enduring peace and peace.”

Waltz also expressed hope in a meeting with his Russian counterpart in the coming days.

“Ukraine has expressed its readiness for peace and now we have to talk to Russia,” said the White House National Security Adviser. “Kiev is in line with the US president and they are also demanding that the killing is over.”

“We talked about the details of the permanent end of this war and security guarantees for Ukraine,” he said. “Trump began his diplomatic effort with his contacts with Waldimir Zelnsky and Vladimir Putin.”

The White House National Security Adviser also referred to Trump’s decision to cancel US military and intelligence aid to Ukraine, “This restriction has now been lifted and aid to Ukraine is resumed.”

“Trump wants peace and is willing to be stubborn in front of everyone,” Waltz added.

Ukrainian rare resource agreement will be signed

In another part of his remarks, the US Secretary of State said: “Trump and Zelnski will order government members to sign a rare resource agreement. Our goal today was to negotiate peace. But the resource agreement is very important to us and will be signed soon. “

“The goal of the US President is to peace and Ukraine is taking constructive measures,” he said.

“The war must end through diplomacy and negotiation,” Rubio said in response to a question. But the ceasefire must be established for negotiations, and the Ukrainians are ready. This message will be transmitted to Russia through several channels. “We hope the Russians will agree with the ceasefire too.”

“If Russia’s opposition, we will realize who is precisely the hindrance of peace,” he said. “Our goal is to make meaningful negotiations so that this war ends with the consent of the parties.”

“Russia’s best action to show goodwill is to deal with the ceasefire and stop the war,” Rubio said. During the negotiations, we need to talk about many issues, including the humanitarian crisis. “But we first need Russia’s agreement with the ceasefire.”

“These are serious issues,” he said in response to a question about “Zelnsky’s return to his limits.” This is not a television show. “Many people are killed every day and our desire is peace.”

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