Monday 24/November/2025 – 12:14 AM
US Secretary of State Marco confirmed RubioThe United States believes that it now has a clear understanding of the Russian position on the path to settling the Ukrainian crisis, stressing that the success of any peace plan remains dependent on Moscow’s approval.
Rubio explained during a press conference that followed the Geneva talks on Ukraine, in which representatives from Europe and Kiev participated, that it is self-evident that the Russians have the right to vote here, right? So, look, we started from the early stage of this process with our understanding of the Russian position, and it was communicated to us in many ways.
The American minister added that the American settlement plan cannot be adopted without Russia’s approval, stressing: This is one of the equations of the file…they must agree.
The proposed American plan for the settlement in Ukraine
Rubio explained that all controversial points related to the proposed American plan for a settlement in Ukraine can be overcome, pointing out that there are still some outstanding issues and work is underway to resolve them.
“I can say that the remaining open issues are not insurmountable,” Rubio said, adding that there are some outstanding points that still need to be worked on to reach an agreement.
He added that the talks on the settlement plan have accelerated over the past 96 years, and will continue on Monday, when the United States is expected to receive responses and proposals on technical issues related to settling the crisis within the next 24 hours.
Rubio indicated that he did not see any counterproposals to the US plan for a settlement in Ukraine.
The US Secretary of State confirmed that the goal of the Geneva meeting on settling the conflict in Ukraine is to reduce differences over the provisions of the proposed US plan to settle the Ukrainian crisis, pointing out that he does not rule out introducing additional amendments to the plan in the coming days.
Rubio said: We came here today with one goal, which is to review 28 or 26 items, depending on the version… and try to narrow the scope of the outstanding issues.
He added: I will not speculate or go into the details of any specific point in the latest version of the proposal, because, frankly, the situation may change more by tomorrow or the next.
Rubio added: We want to reach an agreement on the proposed American plan as soon as possible. We have made great progress, and we have achieved progress, so I am optimistic that we will resolve this issue as quickly as possible, very soon.
