WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday progress had been made toward establishing a postwar security framework for Ukraine and Europe as US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine will begin this week in Abu Dhabi with European participation.
Rubio said there had been progress in talks on security assurances for Ukraine and the wider European continent but no deal had been reached and he hoped to make further progress in talks set for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The one thing that has been constantly mentioned throughout the whole period that we have been talking about Russia-Ukraine is the necessity for security guarantees. What will Ukraine’s postwar security architecture look like? And what will the postwar security architecture of the European continent look like, more broadly?” Rubio told reporters.
I think that’s what the president is alluding to is that there’s been some breakthroughs made in what that architecture could look like post-conflict,” he added. “Obviously we have to get through the conflict to get there. Nothing finalised yet and maybe some progress may be made in Abu Dhabi,” Rubio said. The statements come as U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to push up efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, which began with Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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