Rubio: Russia and Ukraine must be asked what they are willing to concede to end war

He made these remarks in an interview with Breitbart News, according to Ukrinform.

"We didn't feel it was conducive, frankly, to have something out there at the UN that's antagonistic to either side. We're trying to get these guys [Ukraine and Russia] to the table. Unfortunately, Ukraine didn't agree and they wanted to move forward on theirs. We then went to the Security Council with our compromise, which I think is very fair language and it basically says 'war is a terrible thing'," Rubio said.

He also added that Trump is a "peace president."

"Well, I think the president would want it to end yesterday. […] I think everybody should be very happy that President Trump is a peace president. We have a president that wants to end wars not start new ones. He wants to end human suffering not exacerbate it or extend it," he said.

Rubio added that "we've got to get them both to the table, starting with the Russians," so the U.S. held a meeting with Russian officials last week.

"If you talk to some in Europe, they'll tell you that Putin is not interested in ending the war. They said they would be, under the right conditions. We didn't discuss what those conditions were. So the next step is to meet with them again at some point, with the right group of people in the room, and begin to outline what would it take for Russia to stop a war? And obviously we've got to ask Ukraine the same question because you can't stop a war unless both sides agree to it," Rubio said.

On February 24, the UN General Assembly adopted two resolutions on the war in Ukraine -- one proposed by Ukraine and another by the United States with European amendments.

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