Rubio teases Trump, Putin face-to-face meeting after Ukraine peace talks stall

State Secretary Marco Rubio addressed the time of a potential face to face to face between the president Donald Trump And Russian leader Vladimir Putin related to the Particular Agreement in Ukraine in an interview aired on Sunday.

Trump told the Air Force on Friday while returning to Washington, DC, from Abu Dhabi that in Ukraine would not achieve peace in Ukraine Until he met Putin personally. On Saturday, the President added to the social place of the truth that he planned to talk to Putin on the phone on Monday, followed by an invitation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and some NATO leaders.

In the meantime, Rubio – who attended Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Sunday – said the Vatican offered to host a direct meeting between Ukraine, Russia and perhaps other sides.

“Obviously, the Vatican gave a very generous offer to host anything – along the way, not just a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin, but also any meeting, including at the technical level, you know – any meetings that need to be hosted, expressed that readiness for it. So this is a very generous offer that was recorded on Saturday. “I mean, that would be a place where all the parties would feel comfortable. So we will get to the phase where the conversations take place regularly and that the Vatican will have the opportunity to be one of the options.”

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Rubio had a phone call with his Russian colleague Sergei Lavr on Saturday Putin was without occurrence To a face -to -face meeting, a Russian leader called with Zelenskyy in Turkey last week. Despite Putin’s absence, the Ukrainian and Russian delegation agreed to exchange a prisoner of 1,000 people on each side, although a wider truce or peace contract failed to achieve.

CBS host Margaret Brennan asked Ruza if he was talking to Lavr’s about setting up his face to face between Trump and Putin.

“Well, we talked about various things,” Rubio said. “I wanted to read his opinion on how the conversations went yesterday. They were not a complete waste of time. For example, there were 1,000 prisoners who would be exchanged and that he, from a humanitarian point of view, was very positive. He explained to me that they would prepare a document drawing their demands for the then guidance.”

Rubio said that the Ukrainians would soon work on their own proposal, and hoped that the proposals on both sides would be “serious and sustainable”.

“So, we will have to wait and see. But he wanted me to know, and in our call he said that their side would work on a series of ideas and demands that they would have to move forward with a dedication fire and further negotiations,” he said.

Rubio said they were “testing” if Russian were just “tapping”, as Trump suggested that he could be the case.

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“On the one hand, we try to achieve peace and end a very bloody, expensive and destructive war. So there is some element of patience you need. On the other hand, we have no time to waste,” Rubio said. “There are many other things in the world that we also need to pay attention to. So, we do not want to be involved in this process of endless conversations – there must be some progress, some movement forward. And if in the end, in the next few days, we get a document that produces both sides.” Both that can happen, and these are in accordance with their approach and to be in accordance with their approach and that we are accurate that can be conceded on them and be in accordance with them.

“If, on the other hand, what we see is not productive, we may have a different assessment. I agree that, ultimately, one of the things that could help break this logam – maybe the only thing he can do – a direct conversation between President Trump and Vladimir Putin. And he has already openly expressed his wish,” that “yes,”

Pressing if the planned personal conversations between Trump and Putin were planned, Rubio reiterated that the president had already publicly gave that offer.

“The mechanics of setting up this kind of meeting would require a little work, so I cannot say that it is planned as we speak in terms of selecting a site and dates,” Rubio said. “But the president wants to do this. He wants to do it as soon as he is feasible. I think the Russian side also expressed his willingness to do so. And so, this is only a question of their collection, gathering of all, and thinking about where and when that meeting will happen and what it will be.”

Rubio joined Vice President JD Vance in a meeting with Zelenskyy at the residence of the US ambassador in Rome on Sunday.

Vance and Rubio later met with Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and European Commission President Ursul von der Leyen for discussions about trade, war in Ukraine and NATO consumption, according to vice -president spokesman.

“Individual countries in Europe are important allies of the United States. But of course, we have some disagreements, as friends sometimes do, on questions like trade, and we also have many agreements and many things we can work together, and I look forward to talking,” Vance told reporters at the top of the meeting.

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After the meeting, the Vice President’s Office announced a statement stating that “the leaders discussed their joint goal of ending the bloodshed in Ukraine and provided updates on the current state of the negotiations on the trial and lasting peace.”

Fox News’ Meghan Tomes and Associated Press contributed to this report.