US Secretary of State has accused “foreign governments” of preventing peace in Ukraine

Senior Russian and US officials held a 12 -hour marathon talks on Monday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing on the Ukrainian conflict and guaranteeing maritime security in the Black Sea, ISNA reported. However, the two sides have not yet released details or have announced the outcome of the negotiations.

“Rubio”, who spoke during a cabinet meeting at the White House before the end of the talks, stressed that the conflict “should be” over the negotiation “,” not by military, and admired Trump as “the only leader in the world capable of bringing the two sides to the negotiating table,” he said.

According to Rubio, Trump’s diplomatic initiative has been met with resistance from other governments, though he did not mention any particular country. “Despite the barriers to other countries and other countries that may have different opinions on how to do this,” Rubio said to Trump directly. Finally, I think that our only chance of peace is through the leadership of the president.

Following a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart last week, Moscow and Kiev agreed to a minor ceasefire and pledged to stop attacks on energy infrastructure for 30 days. However, the Russian Defense Ministry has since reported numerous Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy facilities.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has emphasized that Moscow continues to cease the energy sector despite Kiev’s violations. Peskov also said in an interview on Sunday that EU member states are now discussing the establishment of NATO forces on Ukraine, rather than searching for peace and dealing with the main causes of the conflict. “It is difficult to understand this tangible European military policy – which has no way to describe,” he said.

The new US government has pushed to resolve the Ukrainian clash quickly and plans to transfer security responsibilities to Europe after the ceasefire. Following an emergency meeting in London earlier this month, Britain and France announced that they were ready to dispatch Western “peacekeepers” to Ukraine after reaching the ceasefire. Moscow has rejected the proposal and has announced that it does not matter how many NATO forces will enter the country. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that such deployment could lead to a direct war between the military block and Moscow.

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