KINGSTON, Jamaica: Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the United States will examine Russia\u2019s requested conditions for agreements with Ukraine, but cautioned that a peace deal would take time.
\n\u201cIt won\u2019t be simple. It\u2019ll take some time, but at least we\u2019re on that road and we\u2019re talking about these things,\u201d Rubio told a news conference in Jamaica.
\nRussia and Ukraine agreed in parallel separate talks with US envoys in Saudi Arabia to halt strikes in the Black Sea, as President Donald Trump pushes for an end to the war.
\nThe Kremlin said Wednesday that a revival of a deal on Black Sea shipping was subject to \u201ca number of conditions\u201d and that Russia was discussing sanctions relief from the United States.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to evaluate that. Some of those conditions include sanctions that are not ours. They belong to the European Union,\u201d Rubio said.
\nHe said that the US negotiators would meet and \u201cthen we\u2019ll present that to the president, who will ultimately make a decision about what the next step\u201d is.
\n\u201cI think it\u2019s a good thing that we have both the Ukrainians and the Russians talking about ceasefires, be they energy or be they potentially in the Black Sea,\u201d Rubio said.
\nRubio had earlier called on Russia to accept without preconditions a proposed 30-day general ceasefire agreed by Ukraine.
\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron, meanwhile, renewed the call on Russia to accept without conditions and said it was \u201cmuch too early\u201d to consider lifting sanctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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