US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday after a day of negotiations with Ukrainian and European officials in Geneva on the peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, he said he was “very optimistic” and believed huge progress had been made. World agencies informed about it.
According to Rubio, a basic document was drawn up and the points of contention narrowed down. Among the open questions remain, for example, the future role of the EU and NATO and security guarantees. However, none of the unresolved issues are insurmountable. Some points of contention involve semantics or language, while others require decisions or consultation “at a higher level,” Rubio said in an impromptu briefing.
The proposal will now be submitted to the Russian side, which must approve it. Ideally, a deal could be reached by Thursday. “We want it to be soon so people don’t die,” Rubio said. “We’ve really moved forward, so I’m very optimistic that we will reach an agreement in the foreseeable future, very soon,” added the head of American diplomacy.
He described Sunday’s negotiations in Geneva as “the most productive day of our entire endeavor” about achieving peace in Ukraine. Before the negotiations began, he said they had one goal – to try to ease disagreements over key points of a future peace agreement.
“We achieved that today to a decisive extent,” Rubio said. “I don’t want to talk about victory or finality here. There’s still a lot to do, but we’re a lot further along at this point today than we were when we started this morning.” he said. Rubio also informed US President Donald Trump about the progress of the negotiations, who is “satisfied” with the progress achieved.
