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The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, told reporters on Monday that the mineral agreement, requested by the president Donald Trump“It is not the main theme on the agenda” for the meeting set with the Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
“I would not prejudge tomorrow whether or not we have a Mineral treatment“He told journalists aboard a flight to Saudi Arabia.” It is an important issue, but it is not the main theme on the agenda.
“The mineral agreement is on the table on which it continues to work, it is not part of this conversation, per se,” he said, and pointed out that Tuesday in Jeddah can be considered successful even without ensuring such agreement.
The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, speaks with the media on his military plane while flying to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 10, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP through Getty Images)
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“It is certainly an agreement that the president wants to see, but it does not necessarily have to happen tomorrow,” Rubio added.
He Ukrainian delegation It is scheduled to include Andriy Yermak, head of the Presidential Office, Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pavlo Palisa, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and advisor to the president of Ukraine, Volodymyryry Zelenskyy, as well as the Minister of Defense Rustem Uumev, who was not only involved in the initial conversations After his February 2022, but also who are also found in the argument of a person, but also who are also against a peace peace, but also who are also against a March of that year.
Rubio will meet with the delegation in the city of Jeddah around noon of the local time on Tuesday.
“The important point in this meeting is to clearly establish its intentions, their desire, as they have said publicly, numerous times, to reach a point where peace is possible,” said Rubio, adding that he must be sure that Kyiv is prepared to make some difficult decisions, such as Give up the territory Known by Russia, to finish the three -year war.
The Ukraine National Police said that seven people are dead and five wounds in a mortar strike east of kyiv, in Makariv. (National Police of Ukraine)
“Both parties need to reach an understanding,” he said. “The Russians cannot conquer all Ukraine, and will obviously be very difficult for Ukraine, in any reasonable period of time, force the Russians to return to where they were in 2014. Therefore, the only solution to this war is diplomacy and take them to a table where possible.
“Then we will have to determine how far they are from the Russian position, which we do not know either.” I hope it is a positive interaction in that sense. “
The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, greets supporters when he arrives at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah on March 10, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP through Getty Images)
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Steve Witkoff, special envoy from the Middle East that has been increasingly involved in conversations about Ukraine and Russia, told Dana Perino de Fox News in “America’s Newsroom” on Monday morning, that Trump’s administration “has traveled a long road” to “reduce differences” when dealing with Moscow and reach the negotiating table, although it did not enter into detail.
Witkoff suggested that relations with Ukraine began to improve once more after Zelenskyy sent Trump a letter in which he apologized for the exchange of the oval office that came out sour at the end of last month after he refused to sign a mineral agreement and enraged the Trump administration, which resulted in a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series of a series Explosive outbursts On live television.
While a mineral agreement is unlikely this week, according to Rubio, he said that with a successful meeting in Jeddah, he can ensure the resumption of aid to Ukraine, although he did not detailed whether this would include the defensive help that the Trump administration stopped, despite the continuous bombing of Russia against the objectives of Ukrainian, or the Intelligence exchange that the United States also stopped following the confrontation of the Oval office.
“The pause in general is something that I hope we can solve,” Rubio said. “I think what happens tomorrow will be key to that.”
Trump and Zelensky were involved in a shouting party of the Oval office. (Fox News)
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Rubio also said that Russia will see its own consequences if you do not agree to negotiate on the end of the war in Ukraine, including additional sanctions.
“It should be clear to all that the United States has available tools to impose costs on the Russian side of this equation,” Rubio said. “But we hope I don’t get to that.
“What we expect is that both parties realize that this is not a conflict that can end by military means,” he added.
On Friday, in a publication about the Truth Social PlatformTrump threatened Russia with “large -scale bank sanctions, sanctions and rates”, until a high fire and peace agreement is reached.
