How seriously « take Putin peace

The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, told Brussels on Friday that he hopes to find out in weeks, not in months’, if Russia seriously takes the opportunity to make peace with Ukraine and use the contactton contactton with Moscow and Kiev for this purpose, reports the EFE.

‘We will know soon, it’s about weeks, not Monday, whether or not Russia takes peace or not. I hope he takes it seriously, « Rubio told the press at the end of the Foreign Ministers Meeting in NATO.

« The Ukrainians have shown their will to enter, for example, in a complete ceasefire to create space for negotiation », therefore, « at one point, very soon, not over six months, Russians and (Russian President Vladimir) Putin will have to make a decision whether or not they are serious about peace, »

He warned in this context that if the position of the Kremlin in discussions ‘is a time -drawing tactic, then the president (American Donald Trump) will not be interested’ to accept such a tactic and ‘will not fall into the end of the endless negotiations’.

In such a situation, Rubio added, ‘we will have to re-evaluate our position and (to see) what we will do in this regard’. He, however, expressed his hope that the Russians will become serious’. ‘There are some promising signals, (but) there are some worrying signals. It won’t be easy. No one has ever said it would be easy, but we will find out rather than later, ‘concluded US Secretary of State.