Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The much-anticipated meeting between Russia and the United States in Saudi Arabia concluded on Tuesday evening (Riyadh time). Ukraine was discussed in detail. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke to the international press immediately after the top-level meeting. “Today is the first step of a … Read more
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: As Saudi Arabia gears up to facilitate talks between top diplomats from Russia and the United States aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is also traveling to the middle-eastern nation – but a day after the Russia-US meeting. As the world awaits the update from high-level meeting … Read more
Washington, United States: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was forced to turn back Thursday on his second trip abroad due to a mechanical issue with his airplane, the State Department said. Rubio was headed to the Munich Security Conference when his plane abruptly turned back toward Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, according to … Read more
US President Donald Trump held a “lengthy and highly productive” phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which they agreed to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine “immediately,” Trump said.According to the Kremlin, the conversation lasted 1.5 hours, with both leaders agreeing that “the time has come to work together.” Giving details … Read more
STATE DEPARTMENT — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to depart Thursday for Munich and later this week will visit the Middle East amid an intensive diplomatic push to end Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, as well as efforts to follow up on U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for the post-war Gaza Strip. Preparations … Read more
Washington: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states support Palestinians in rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to displace Palestinians in Gaza and take control of the enclave. In a statement, Egypt’s foreign ministry said Abdelatty, in a meeting in Washington, stressed the importance of … Read more
Santo Domingo: The United States on Thursday seized a second aircraft belonging to the Venezuelan government in less than a year during a visit to the Dominican Republic by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, despite nascent diplomacy with leftist leader Nicolas Maduro. Rubio traveled to a military airstrip in the capital Santo Domingo where, in … Read more
Santo Domingo: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday it was “absurd” for US naval vessels to pay to transit the Panama Canal, after Panama’s president denied an agreement on free passage. “I find it absurd that we would have to pay fees to transit a zone we are obligated to protect in time … Read more
Marco Rubio was answering reporters’ question during a visit to the Dominican Republic on Thursday. Santo Domingo: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Gaza currently is “not habitable” due to dangers such as unexploded weapons, and that people would have to live elsewhere while the area is rebuilt. Rubio, answering a … Read more
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump’s administration seems to have walked back on his proposal to resettle Gaza’s population, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio clarifying that action in the Palestinian territory would be temporary. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt also clarified the American President’s remarks, saying the US was not planning to put “boots … Read more
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday he would skip Group of 20 talks this month in South Africa, accusing the host government of an “anti-American” agenda. Rubio’s announcement comes two days after US President Donald Trump lashed out at South Africa over land reforms aimed at redressing inequalities perpetrated … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump only wants Palestinians to leave temporarily while Gaza is reconstructed, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. Trump’s controversial idea “was not meant as hostile. It was meant as, I think, a very generous move — the offer to rebuild and to be in charge of the rebuilding,” Rubio told … Read more