{"id":4402,"date":"2025-03-28T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/higher-level-ceasefire-talks-with-russia-premature-rubio-says-as-us-reviews-moscows-stance\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:00:47","slug":"higher-level-ceasefire-talks-with-russia-premature-rubio-says-as-us-reviews-moscows-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/higher-level-ceasefire-talks-with-russia-premature-rubio-says-as-us-reviews-moscows-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher-level ceasefire talks with Russia premature, Rubio says, as US reviews Moscow&#8217;s stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2194097519.jpg\" alt=\"Higher-level ceasefire talks with Russia premature, Rubio says, as US reviews Moscow's stance\"><\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 27 that it was premature to expect higher-level talks with Russia as the U.S. reviews Moscow&#8217;s response to efforts to end the war in Ukraine, AFP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the time was right after U.S. negotiations with Russia and Ukraine in <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, Rubio said: &#8220;I think you have to make more progress on a technical level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S., <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a> agreed to &#8220;eliminate the use of force&#8221; and prevent commercial vessels from being used for military purposes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/us-3\/\">Black Sea<\/a> following two-day talks in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of work to be done with both sides, particularly with the Russian side, which we haven&#8217;t talked to for years,&#8221; Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/rubio-says-too-early-for-high-level-russia-talks-c325fab0\">said<\/a>, adding the White House would hold consultations on the outcome of the meetings.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Trump<\/a> \u00a0has repeatedly expressed his intention to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin since taking office. On March 18, the two leaders held a 1.5-hour <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/putin-trump-end-talks-after-2-5-hour-call\/\">phone call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio&#8217;s comments follow Trump&#8217;s March 25 statement that Russia may be &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russia-may-be-dragging-their-feet-on-ukraine-peace-deal-trump-says\/\">dragging their feet<\/a>&#8221; on ending its war against <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has reversed Washington&#8217;s stance toward <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/moscow\/\">Moscow<\/a> by engaging in talks with Russian officials, a move the Biden administration has avoided since the start of Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has been mediating negotiations between Ukraine and <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a> to end the war. Ukraine has already <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukraine-agrees-to-30-day-ceasefire-if-russia-abides-by-it-kyiv-says\/\">agreed<\/a> to a U.S.-proposed 30-day ceasefire, announcing on March 11 that it is ready to implement the measure if Russia reciprocates. <\/p>\n<p>Moscow has so far refused.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/as-ukraines-fate-hangs-in-the-balance-soviet-command-culture-damages-war-effort\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">As Ukraine\u2019s fate hangs in the balance, \u2018Soviet\u2019 command culture damages war effort<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Last February, a Ukrainian company commander going by his callsign Veter was ordered to send his people to reinforce another unit\u2019s position over the next few hours. He was told that four National Guardsmen were holding the position on the other side of the village they were defending in<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Higher-level ceasefire talks with Russia premature, Rubio says, as US reviews Moscow's stance\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Natalia Yermak<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2162045737-1.jpg\" alt=\"Higher-level ceasefire talks with Russia premature, Rubio says, as US reviews Moscow's stance\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/high-level-us-russia-talks-premature-as-response-to-ukraine-peace-efforts-is-reviewed-rubio-says\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 27 that it was premature to expect higher-level talks with Russia as the U.S. reviews Moscow&#8217;s response to efforts to end the war in Ukraine, AFP reported. 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