Rubio on dispute in White House: Zelenskyy questioned Vance’s words
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy provoked a dispute in the White House by questioning the words of US Vice President J.D. Vance that diplomatic tools are needed to end the war in Ukraine.
According to Censor.NET, citing the website of the US Department of State, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this in an interview with Fox News.
"When the Vice President made the point that it’s going to take diplomacy to get things like this solved, President Zelenskyy unfortunately made the decision to challenge the Vice President and start questioning whether diplomacy is even possible; in essence, sabotaging and undermining the President’s plan. And so that led to the dust-up," Rubio said.
However, he is glad to see that Ukraine's position "has been reconsidered". The diplomat hopes that this will help end the war.
"And it’s going to require concessions from both sides, but we have to get them both to the table. The Ukrainians have to be there, obviously. It’s their country. The Russians have to be at that table. And only President Trump can make that possible. That’s been the goal, that remains the goal, and that’s what we’re focused on now," Rubio stressed.
The dispute between Trump and Zelenskyy
On Friday, February 28, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the White House.
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy started arguing and switched to higher tones during the meeting in the Oval Office.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leaves the White House early after meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
No agreement on minerals between Ukraine and the United States is signed in Washington.
US President Donald Trump, following a dispute with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the White House, said that the latter was not ready for peace and had been ‘disrespectful’.
The international community and US officials reacted to the dispute between the leaders of Ukraine and the United States.
On 4 March, it became known that the White House had suspended all military aid to Ukraine.
On the evening of 4 March, President Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is committed to peace and is ready to ‘work quickly’ to end the war. He stressed that Ukraine is ready to sit down at the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring a lasting peace.
