Marco Rubio, about a possible trilateral summit Trump - Putin - Xi: "They talked about a meeting. I don't know if it was decided."

Ukraine and Russia should focus on ending the war, stated the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on Monday during his visit to Uzbekistan, according to Reuters. Asked about a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to negotiate a ceasefire in the four-year conflict in Ukraine, Rubio stated: "They talked about a meeting. I don't know if it was decided, but the president was clear. He would want the war between Ukraine and Russia to end." Rubio landed in Samarkand on Sunday evening to meet high officials of the C5+1 group, which includes the United States and post-Soviet states with a majority Muslim population: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Trump received the leaders of the C5 group at the White House in November of the previous year. "We don't see anything good in this war," said Rubio. "We see many negative aspects, including the very real risk of escalation and expansion of this conflict... in another country, due to a failed sabotage attack or drones affected by electronic warfare and accidentally ending up in a neighboring country." The United States has tried to mediate a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine, and Trump meanwhile reached an agreement with Russia regarding the import of gasoline and lifted some sanctions against Moscow, measures which, according to him, should keep the Kremlin at the negotiating table. These actions were criticized by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. A new Russian air attack killed a woman in Kyiv, Ukraine, during the night, also hitting a subway station and damaging a 25-story residential building. Read also: Trump, new attack against Zelensky: Doesn't want to end this war and probably never wanted to Rubio says Trump will decide in at most 60 days whether to apply sanctions against Russia, after their suspension Editor: A.M.G.