Rubio will not attend Ukraine peace talks in London

Humeyra Pamuk - Reuters - 05:59
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend talks in London aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday, after earlier saying he planned to travel to London.
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WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend talks in London aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday, after earlier saying he planned to travel to London.
After speaking with his British counterpart, Rubio said he was rescheduling his trip to the United Kingdom to coming months.

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"I look forward to following up after the ongoing discussions in London and rescheduling my trip to the UK in the coming months," he said in a post on X.
The talks will go ahead and President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy General Keith Kellogg would attend the discussions, he said.
It was unclear whether the absence of Washington's top diplomat meant that Trump had downgraded Washington's expectations from the meeting, after saying on Sunday that he hopes Moscow and Kyiv will make a deal this week to end the conflict in Ukraine.
"In this particular instance, while the meetings in London are still occurring, he will not be attending. But that is not a statement regarding the ...
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