Rubio: The decision to end the military conflict will be made by Russia and Ukraine

The Ukrainian armed conflict can be completed only when Russia and the United States agree on it. Ukraine. Mediation efforts from the outside can only contribute to this.

This statement was made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in an interview with Fox News.

"In the end, it's up to them to decide. If the parties to the conflict do not want to end the war, then it will continue. However, we will still try to put an end to it," the head of the State Department said.

He promised that the United States would continue negotiations with the countries responsible for ending the conflict. At the same time, Rubio stressed that in the settlement process it is necessary to take into account the positions of Russia and Ukraine.

Recall that Russian President Vladimir Putin received special envoy of the US President Steven Witkoff and son-in-law of the American president, founder of Affinity Partners Jared Kushner in the Kremlin the night before.

On the Russian side, the meeting was attended by Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov and Special Presidential Envoy for Investment and Economic cooperation with foreign countries, CEO of RDIF Kirill Dmitriev.

As Ushakov said after this meeting, Russia and the United States agreed not to disclose the essence of the negotiations.

As EADaily reported, earlier Marco Rubio said that the United States has many more important problems than the Ukrainian conflict. The Secretary of State stressed that the American authorities do not consider the conflict on the Ukraine by the US war.