Marco Rubio sat at the table with Sergei Lavrov. What did Vladimir Putin write three years ago about the intentions of Vladimir Putin?

In the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, they took place on Tuesday Talks of high -ranking representatives of the US and Russia authorities. This was the first meeting of representatives of both countries at such a high level since the full -size Russian assault to Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

The meeting on the American side was attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff also dealing with contacts with Russia and national security advisor Michael Waltz. Sergei Lavrov, a trusted man of Vladimir Putin, a trusted man of Vladimir Putin, co -responsible for Russian crimes in Ukraine and co -author of the lying Kremlin propaganda, and adviser to the Russian leader Yuri Ruszakow.

Neither Ukraine, which citizens die in Russian attacks, or the European Union, did not receive invitations to talks, which caused indignation in both Kiev and most European capitals.

After Rubio's talks He said that “he comes out of these conversations convinced that the Russians are ready to start a serious process of determining how quickly and with what mechanism you can put an end to this war.”

The Secretary of State stated that any room must be acceptable to all parties, including Europe. When asked whether the conversation would apply to the abolition of sanctions, Rubio stated that he would not lead public “prenecation”, but noted that he would have to “make concessions from all sides” and that the sanctions were introduced because of the war. He also added that the European Union also imposed its sanctions, which means “it will have to be at the table at some point.”

Although members of the delegation refused to provide details about the possible shape of the agreement, adviser to President Donald Trump for national security, Mike Waltz, said that the US wants to make peace to last, and “practical reality is such that there will be discussions about territory and there will be discussions about security guarantees “.

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Three years earlier, in mid -March 2022 – when after the initial successes the Russian army stopped – Rubio, who was then a republican senator about the intentions of the Russian leader, wrote: “Putin still wants to get Kiev and install a puppet government. But when he realizes, when he realizes, when he realizes that this is impossible: 1. He will focus on the destruction of as many Ukrainian defense. Weapons that will impose neutrality and recognize Crimea and Donbass as part of Russia. ”

US President Donald Trump suggested at the Tuesday press conference that Ukraine should have been the end of the war. – I hear that they are angry, that they do not take place (at the negotiating table). Well, they have been taking place for three years, and it could be arranged much earlier, even a weak negotiator could do it years ago, without losing a large amount of land, a very small amount of land, without losing his life and without losing cities that simply lie (in debris – ed.) – said Trump.

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– They should have ended three years ago. They should never start it. They could conclude a contract. I could conclude a contract for Ukraine, which would give them almost all earth, everything, almost all of the earth. And no one would die, he repeated.

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On Wednesday, the President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski in an interview with Ukrainian media assessed that “the United States help Putin to get out of many years of isolation.” He expressed the opinion that the reason for this is “Russian disinformation, which is subject to the US president's team.”

He also said that he could “not sell” Ukraine and would not sign documents that would not guarantee its safety.

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