During Tuesday’s State Department press briefing, Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott answered questions about Russia-Ukraine peace talks.
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00:00Yes, so sorry in front of you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Two quick questions, if I may. The first on Secretary Rubio's trip to the Middle East and the second one in Latin America. In a recent past, Secretary Rubio said that the U.S. will not engage anymore with Russians and Ukrainians if if both countries do not show real commitment with a permanent ceasefire.
00:22How do U.S. diplomacy describe this momentum when both sides are ready to meet in Turkey with alongside Secretary Rubio?
00:32Well, as the president has said, this is a critical opportunity to try to achieve that ceasefire and try to achieve that long peace. The president has been clear he wants to see those direct talks happen.
00:43And I think it's also important to remember that the president has brought us closer to peace when it comes to this conflict than in the years preceding him taking office.
00:52And that's a great credit to his leadership. So he wants to see those direct talks happen.
00:56This is a critical opportunity to achieve that ceasefire and then potentially achieve that long peace.
01:02Ultimately, with the goal of ending this conflict, as has been said so many times by President Trump, so many times by spokesperson Bruce, we want to see this conflict come to an end.
01:11That's what we want to see.
01:12On Latin America, very quickly, officials from the U.S. and Brazil, they convened here in Washington, D.C.