Reference Message Network reported on April 5 according to a report on the website of the U.S. "New York Times" on April 4, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on the same day that Russia needed to seize the time to make the Trump administration believe that it was serious about reaching a peace agreement with Ukraine instead of stalling.
Rubio stated in Brussels after attending the NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting that the United States was gradually losing patience with "negotiating for the sake of negotiation," implying that Russia might face more U.S. sanctions.
"We will soon know whether Russia is serious about peace; this time is weeks rather than months," he told reporters. He also said that members of Congress were already formulating new sanctions, and if there was no progress, government officials "could not stop" the implementation of these sanctions.
The report said that President Trump had vowed to end the war in Ukraine and was mediating between Moscow and Kyiv. Many observers thought that Russia would be willing to accept negotiations because Russia had occupied about one-fifth of Ukraine's territory, while Ukraine might resist.
The report noted that Rubio's remarks indicated that the Trump administration began to realize that Russia was not serious about negotiations. This was also the view held by the Biden administration and Rubio himself when he served as a senator. (Translated by Pan Xiaoyan)
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