On the Eve of the Abu Dhabi Talks, Rubio Says on November 9 That Postwar Security Guarantees for Ukraine Must Also Be Acceptable to Russia, With No Final Plan Settled
Paris — On the eve of the United States-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on November 9 that Ukraine's postwar security guarantees would need to be acceptable to Russia as well in order to work.
"I don't think we've settled on a final concrete plan on that, what it looked like," Rubio told reporters on November 9 when asked whether Washington was considering NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine. "I think concepts have been discussed about what security guarantees could look like post-conflict. And the reason why that topic remains in the headlines is because I think it'll be key to ultimately being able to end the war — is an understanding that Ukraine will feel secure after the war," he said. "And obviously, it has to be something that Russia agrees to as well in order for it to work," Rubio added.
Asked whether a treaty route was possible, Rubio said: "I mean, potentially, but I don't know if that's, we've discussed it at that level of detail yet." Reporting on his remarks also said Rubio stated that the United States can facilitate talks and offer ideas but cannot guarantee an agreement.
Ukraine's delegation chief, Rustem Umerov, said European countries, including Britain, France, Germany and Italy, along with NATO and the European Commission, would be represented in Abu Dhabi. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Abu Dhabi talks would be between Russia and Ukraine, mediated by the United States, without European participation. The two sides' accounts of European participation differ.
Rubio also said the same day that there had been no progress in talks with Iran, whose demands he described as unacceptable.
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