Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the release of American Mark Vogel from Russian prisoners was a “good sign” for the US and Russian President Vladimir Putin to work together to end the war in Ukraine. He said there was.
Rubio joined News Nation's Cuomo on Tuesday to discuss Vogel's return to the US.
Host Chris Cuomo asked the new State Department leader about the potential deal struck between President Trump and Putin could be a step towards ending a nearly three-year war with Ukraine .
“These two are not linked in the sense that they had some understanding of Ukraine in exchange for this, so we don't link the two,” Rubio said. “But what I say about it is, if you can't even restrain Americans under these circumstances, there's no one who could work with them in good faith.”
“So that's certainly a good sign,” he added.
Rubio's remarks came just before Fogel landed in US soil and made an emotional homecoming with Trump at the White House. He expressed gratitude to the president and the US for bringing him home, and Trump thanked the Russian authorities for agreeing to release the school teachers, calling the terms of the deal “very fair.” I've come.
The exchange was the first transaction negotiated between the current administration and the Kremlin. Trump also ends the war, even if Rubio claims that the Russian officials have called prisoner swaps without identifying others who were released. It showed that it could be a step forward.
“Obviously, the situation in Ukraine is complicated and difficult, and that's one [that will] It requires a lot of work, a lot of difficult diplomacy,” Rubio said. “It is war that made it clear that the president wanted an end.”
“So this is a good thing, that means it doesn't show that it makes it easier to make a deal, but if you can't get an American who shouldn't be there, then the chances of doing something from it is There's not much more difficult stuff, not that expensive,” he told Cuomo.
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