Secretary Rubio says U.S. seeks sustainable peace in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, December 21, that the United States intends to achieve a sustainable peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine that will not lead to a new escalation in a few years.

"It will be official U.S. policy to end this conflict, and we will do everything we can to achieve that in a sustainable and stable manner. We don't want it [the settlement] to erupt into war in two, three or four years," he said in an interview with NBC News.

Rubio added that the negotiation process on the issue will be difficult and each side "will have to make concessions."

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After his inauguration the day before, US President Donald Trump called on NATO to increase spending on Ukraine. He noted that the US has spent $200 billion more on Ukraine than other countries in the alliance, although the conflict affects European countries much more. According to him, the North Atlantic Alliance needs to allocate more funds to "even the score."

At the same time, Trump suspended US development aid to other countries for 90 days with his executive order. The justification for the measure states that Washington's "foreign aid industry" is not in the interests of the state, in many cases contradicts American values, and also serves to destabilize the world.

On the eve of the new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called ending the conflict in Ukraine a Trump priority. According to him, "part of the preparatory work" has begun. He also specified that both sides of the conflict should be ready for compromise.

January 20 was the inauguration of Trump, who took the oath of office and became the 47th President of the United States. After that, he reiterated that he plans to meet with Putin as soon as possible and discuss the conflict in Ukraine.