We have to determine whether it is feasible or not, the United States has other priorities, Rubio told reporters at Le Bourget airport, a few minutes before leaving France, where he met with President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to address the road to peace in Ukraine.

US Republican President Donald Trump, who took office two months ago, presents himself as the only one capable of ending the conflict in Eastern Europe, for which he started direct contact with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

Thursday’s meetings in Paris, in which delegations from Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and Germany were also present, marked, according to Macron, the beginning of a process with European participation, so far marginalized by Trump in the negotiations to stop the war.

Washington and Europe pressure Russia to agree with Kiev to cease hostilities. Moscow demands, aware of its military advantage on the ground, a lasting peace and security guarantees in tune with the objectives it has set itself by attacking its neighbor, including preventing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from continuing to approach its borders.

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