[Video] Rubio in Paris: U.S. Team in Abu Dhabi for Trilateral Talks, Ukraine on November 10 Agenda
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to the press at the InterContinental Paris Le Grand in Paris, France, on November 9, during a meeting of foreign ministers.
Rubio said the day's talks focused on super intelligence (SI) and on global conflicts other than Ukraine and the Middle East, and that Ukraine would be taken up in separate breakout sessions on November 10. He said U.S. team members Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were in Abu Dhabi that day for the trilateral talks, with the national security advisors of Germany, the United Kingdom and France also in Abu Dhabi and involved in the process, and that he hoped to have a good report soon.
Asked about EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas's skepticism about the Abu Dhabi talks, Rubio said the chances of success are zero if you are not trying, and that the United States seems to be the only country, and the President the only leader, who can get the Russians and the Ukrainians to the same table. He noted the war would go into its sixth year in February and that reaching an end would not be easy.
On the International Criminal Court, Rubio said the United States raises the issue everywhere it goes: the court continues to claim jurisdiction over individuals from countries that are not members of the treaty, a year and a half of trying to get it to reform 'a nice way' had not worked, and the U.S. would try a different approach, believing it can inflict tremendous damage on the ICC unless it sees the error of its ways.
Asked about a measure by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Rubio said Hegseth has done a great job, citing their daily work together, the counter-cartel coalitions in the Western Hemisphere, the damage inflicted on Iran's military structures, and the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro.
On Nvidia and Jensen Huang, Rubio declined to comment, calling it an internal corporate matter and referring reporters to the White House. On the day's technology topic, he said: 'They call it AI, we call it SI.'
(Source: U.S. Department of State)
Source: U.S. Department of State
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Photo: 图：美国国务卿卢比奥（Marco Rubio）官方照片。美国国务院，公共领域，经 GSM 固定图库。 / Photo: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, official photo. U.S. Department of State, public domain, via GSM asset library.
