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We have to make a determination about whether this is an endeavor that we want to continue to be involved in or if it’s time to sort of focus on some other issues that are equally if not more important in some cases.”
We want to see it happen,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday of a peace deal in Ukraine We're close, but we're not close enough, ... I think this is going to be a very critical week."
Rubio told NBC's "Meet the Press" news program, adding The only solution to this war is a negotiated settlement where both sides are going to have to give up something they claim to want and are going to have to give the other side something they wish they didn't,
A good day in talks and meetings with Russia and Ukraine. They are very close to a deal, and the two sides should now meet, at very high levels, to ‘finish it off.’ Most of the major points are agreed to. Stop the bloodshed, NOW. We will be wherever is necessary to help facilitate the END to this cruel and senseless war,
Trump wrote on Truth Social after arriving in Rome on Saturday We've made real progress, but the last couple steps of this journey were always going to be the hardest,
We are really polite people, and unlike some others, we never discuss in public what is being discussed in negotiations,
Lavrov told host Margaret Brennan Russia is always available for a dialogue,
The last week has been about figuring out how close are these sides really, and are they close enough that this merits a continued investment of our time as a mediator in this regard,
Throughout this process, it's about determining, do both sides really want peace and how close are they or how far apart they are after 90 days of effort here ... that's what we're trying to determine this week,
Rubio said of negotiations The minute you start doing that kind of stuff, you're walking away from it,
Rubio said Sunday on NBC's 'Meet the Press There are reasons to be optimistic, but there are reasons to be realistic, ... We're close, but we're not close enough."
We understand the impatience, because in American culture, you create expectations, and you ignite tension around those expectations,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told CBS's Face the Nation It makes me think that maybe he doesn't want to stop the war, he's just tapping me along,
Trump wrote on Truth Social of Putin after meeting with Zelensky That's how you end wars, and that's what we're trying to achieve here so more people won't die,
I always think it's silly to set a specific date… The president has dedicated a tremendous amount of time and energy to this, and we think we have brought the sides closer than they have been in a very long time, but we're not there yet,
It needs to happen soon. We cannot continue to dedicate time and resources to this effort if it's not going to come to fruition,
Rubio told NBC's "Meet the Press" program To just abandon Ukraine, after all the sacrifice that they made, after so much loss of life, and with the rallying of the whole West against Putin, it would just be a moral tragedy,
Schumer said on CNN's "State of the Union." If it doesn't happen, it doesn't come to fruition, then as a nation state, there are options that we have for those who we hold responsible for not wanting the peace,
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