The pair have been leading the Trump administration’s efforts to procure a peace deal in Ukraine and end the war.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Paris on Thursday, along with President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, for talks about the conflict in Ukraine.
Andrii Yermak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, have also arrived in Paris for the talks.
Yermak said there would be, “a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings with representatives of the states of the coalition of the willing that are able to guarantee security.″
The United States is seeking to broker a cease-fire and a permanent peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine but the Trump administration’s efforts have been stymied.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is also taking part in the Ukraine talks, along with two senior representatives of the German government.
Rubio and Witkoff are also meeting separately with France’s president Emmanuel Macron,…
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