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Rubio Details US “Plan A and B” to End Russia’s War But Calls for Mutual Concessions

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Rubio Details US “Plan A and B” to End Russia’s War But Calls for Mutual Concessions
US President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Sen. Marco Rubio testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing at Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Source: Getty Images)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed that the United States has both a “Plan A” and a “Plan B” for ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Rubio stated that in an interview with CBS News on March 16.

“This is a complex, three-year war that’s been ongoing along a very long military front, with a lot of complexity to it,” Rubio said.

The US Secretary of State explained the two-stage plan that the US has for achieving peace.

“Plan A is, get the shooting to stop so that we can move to Plan B, phase two, which is have everybody at a table, maybe not- maybe with some shuttle diplomacy, to figure out a way to permanently end this war in a way that’s enduring and it respects everybody’s needs and so forth,” he added.

Rubio continued to say that no one claims the second step is easy, but it’s impossible to reach without overcoming the first. At the same time, he thinks both sides will have to make concessions.

“We move to the second phase, which is negotiating something more enduring and permanent,” Rubio stated. “It will involve a lot of hard work, concessions from both sides, but it has to happen. This war cannot continue. The president has been clear about that, and he’s doing everything he can to bring it to an end.”

Rubio also described the March 13 meeting between the US presidential envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin as “promising” but declined to disclose any details of the negotiations.

Waltz noted after his conversation with Putin that Washington views the prospects of resolving the war between Russia and Ukraine with “cautious optimism.”

On March 12, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a press conference summarizing recent discussions between Ukrainian and U.S. delegations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The meeting focused on de-escalation efforts, Ukraine’s security, and the broader framework for a potential resolution to the ongoing war.

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