Ukraine war: Geneva talks with Kyiv ‘most productive we’ve had so far in this process’, Rubio says
Rubio says they have held ‘most productive and meaningful meeting so far’published at 16:58 GMT
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio enters the room with Zelensky’s right-hand man, Andriy Yermak.
Rubio says they will come back in around one or two hours so he will not take questions now.
But he says he wants to provide an update.
“We’ve had probably the most productive and meaningful meeting so far in this entire process,” he says.
Rubio says they have a “product” built on a “foundation of input” from all the parties involved and they have “made good progress” going through the points it contains.
They are now going through “some of the suggestions that were proffered to us” and making some “changes” and adjustments to get closer to something both Ukraine and the US are comfortable with, he says.
He says there is also the Russian side of the equation, but they think they have some “pretty substantial insights” into what is important to them.
“I think the takeaway from it is, I think this was a very, very meaningful, I would say probably best meeting and day we’ve had so far in this entire process going back to when we first came into office in January,” he says.
“There is still some work left to do,” he adds.
