US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine must be reached soon and that Washington is trying to assess whether it is worth continuing to mediate, Reuters reported.
“We can't keep wasting time and resources if our efforts are not going to be successful“, Rubio said on the show “Meet the Press“ on NBC.
The Secretary of State also noted that the past week has been devoted to examining the extent to which there is real closeness between the warring parties and whether their positions are getting close enough to make it worth the US to invest time in its mediation role.
Rubio did not indicate how long he was willing to wait for the Donald Trump administration to achieve a breakthrough in the negotiations.