Vladimir Putin is ready for peace "under the right conditions", Kushner said.
"Most of the questions from the Europeans concern whether Russia and President Putin are really ready for peace. From what Steve and I have heard from Putin, we can pretty confidently say yes, under the right conditions," Trump's special envoy said while speaking to the press during trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi.
He added that the Russians raise the same questions to Ukrainians and Europeans: are they really ready for peace?
Marco Rubio said that European allies of the United States express concern that they will be pushed out if Moscow and Washington reach bilateral agreements to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
"I heard from colleagues that there is always a fear in Europe that it will be left aside, that America will make some kind of deal with Russia, and Europe will be left out," he said.
Rubio also expressed confidence that the United States and its European allies have no fundamental differences regarding the resolution of the conflict.
"I don't think there are any differences. I think we have a common interest. Our goals are the same. We want this war to end and for there to be no more war," he added. "The question is how to ensure it. How to invent something that will achieve both goals," says the Secretary of State.
Rubio also drew attention to the fact that "representatives of the five European countries and the European Union" are also in Abu Dhabi, where negotiations are taking place between the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the United States.
Well, that is. Strictly speaking, the negotiations have not yet begun. It's more of a meeting to start negotiations.