The US has announced a deadline for negotiations: Trump and Rubio are preparing a decision
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Trump and Rubio are serious about the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. The decision will be made taking into account the developments during the two-week period.
United States President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio take the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia seriously. They will make the relevant decisions within the two-week period announced by Trump. This was stated by US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce on Fox News, reports UNN.
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The Fox News host asked Tammy Bruce when this two-week period, which has been voiced more than once, which "is constantly moving, will actually come." In response, she denied that "it is not moving."
We have a recent statement from both the president and the secretary (Rubio - ed.) who noted that this is not a long-term matter. This is not just standard operating procedure. It won't take months or years when we have standards and guidelines on what should happen,
According to her, Trump is "hopeful" for progress in the negotiations, but is determined. Tammy Bruce believes that Trump's determination is evidenced by "his recent very aggressive posts on Truth Social about his disappointment with Putin, about how he knows how he feels, that he has changed."
"The President is very frank about how he feels, there are new frameworks, new timeframes when we will find out if they (Ukraine and the Russian Federation - ed.) are serious, and they (Trump and Rubio - ed.) will make decisions accordingly," the spokeswoman said, adding that the US requirements are known to both parties.
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