Ukraine will only get the security guarantees that Russia agrees to — Rubio

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Ukraine will only receive the security guarantees that Russia agrees to.

This was reported by DRM News.

During a conversation with journalists, Rubio was asked whether the United States is considering providing Ukraine with security guarantees similar to Articles 4 and 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. According to the secretary of state, there is no final decision yet on the format of such guarantees. The parties have discussed various concepts of what a security system might look like after the war ends.

“Ukraine must feel secure after the war. And, obviously, this must be something that Russia also agrees to for such guarantees to work,” Rubio said.

He emphasized that security guarantees will be crucial for Ukraine to agree to a peace settlement. At the same time, he said, the mechanism must also be acceptable to the Russian side.

When asked whether the U.S. could enshrine such guarantees in a separate treaty, Rubio replied that such a possibility exists.

“In principle, yes. But I don’t know if we have discussed this issue in that much detail. And, as you know, getting treaties ratified is not so easy right now,” the secretary of state noted.

Meanwhile, on November 10 and 11, trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States are scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi. They will be the first such talks since February.

As Ukrainian News reported, earlier media wrote that Trump’s representative for Ukraine negotiations, Jared Kushner, proposed discussing the future security architecture in Europe in parallel with the process of ending the war in Ukraine.

Later, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that security guarantees for Ukraine and the future security system in Europe would be among the main issues at the trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi.

Meanwhile, Moscow welcomes the U.S. decision to discuss the security architecture in Europe during the negotiations on Ukraine.