The United States and Ukraine have made “tremendous progress” during the peace talks in Geneva.
US State Secretary Marco Rubio on Sunday, November 23, revealed that they have made significant progress on peace talks during a meeting with the Ukraine delegation after US President Donald Trump’s pressure on Kyiv to accept the peace plan, Sky News reported.
Rubio hailed the Sunday meeting as the “most productive and meaningful" one so far in efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war. However, he also highlighted that the negotiators would “need more time” to reach any final decision.
The US secretary said, “I don't want to declare victory or finality here. There's still some work to be done, but we are much further ahead today at this time than we were when we began this morning and where we were a week ago for certain.”
“We just need more time than what we have today. I honestly believe we'll get there,” he stressed.
President Trump, who previously criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on social media and claimed that he had expressed "ZERO GRATITUDE" for US efforts, was also "quite pleased" by the recent progress.
In a joint statement by the US and Ukraine, the countries stated that the negotiators have made an “updated and refined peace framework.” They also vowed “intensive” work on the peace plan in the coming days.
