US may abandon Ukraine-Russia peace talks in a matter of days: Rubio

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emerged from talks in Paris on Friday

declaring that the United States might walk away from brokering peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in a matter of days if progress is not made

Rubio made the remarks after meeting with European and Ukrainian leaders. French President Emmanuel Macron hosted the talks as the Trump administration

continues to try to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, which has now lasted more than three years

Secretary of State Rubio also reportedly held a phone conversation with Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov

The State Department then said the United States had presented all parties with outlines of a durable and lasting peace

On Friday, Rubio stated this as he got set to depart. I think it's important to remind everybody that the Ukraine war is a terrible thing, but it's not our war

We didn't start it. The United States has been helping Ukraine over the last three years

and we want it to end. But it's not our war. I want everyone to understand that. And the reason

why I make that point is the president has spent 87 days at the highest level of his government

repeatedly taking efforts to bring this war to an end. We are now reaching a point where we need to

decide and determine whether this is even possible or not, which is why we're engaging both sides

Rubio's remarks came after Ukraine announced it had agreed to a minerals deal with the United

States. Ukraine's Minister of Economic Development and Trade saying both sides had signed a memorandum

of intent. President Trump has been pushing for such a deal with Ukraine to get access to

developing Ukraine's rare earth minerals, oil and gas, as well as other natural resources

as compensation for billions of dollars in aid the United States has provided to Ukraine

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