U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that Washington is prepared to stop trying to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if progress isn’t made soon.
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00:00The United States is prepared to stop trying to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine peace deal
00:06if progress isn't made, quote, within a matter of days.
00:10So if they're serious about peace, either side or both, we want to help.
00:14If it's not going to happen, then we're just going to move on.
00:17This is important, but there are a lot of other really important things going on
00:20that deserve just as much, if not more attention.
00:23Rubio made those comments in Paris a day after speaking with European leaders,
00:27including representatives from Ukraine, in what he called positive meetings.
00:32Washington and Kiev have just signed a preliminary agreement,
00:35including a minerals deal that would set up an investment fund for Ukraine's reconstruction.