(17 Apr 2025)
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Paris – 17 April 2025
1. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Jean-Noël Barrot, French Foreign and Europe Minister talking
2. Rubio, Lammy and Barrot posing for photos
3. Various of roundtable talks
STORYLINE:
France hosted high-level talks on Thursday to discuss Ukraine and its security, the first time since President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January that top American, Ukrainian and European officials are known to have met together to discuss an end to the war.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and presidential envoy Steve Witkoff joined other top Ukrainian and European officials for hours of separate meetings at the French presidential palace before French President Emmanuel Macron brought them all together for a final round of talks at the end of the day.
The meetings come as concerns grow about Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russia, and after weeks of U.S. efforts to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine failed to bring an end to the fighting. There is also frustration among Europeans over the Trump administration’s other moves, from tariffs on some of its closest partners to rhetoric about NATO and Greenland.
Rubio wrote on X that the American delegation in Paris was looking to “secure real, practical solutions to end the Russia-Ukraine war."
Until now, Trump’s officials have pursued separate negotiating tracks between the United States and Ukraine, and between the U.S. and Russia.
Senior U.S. officials had previously made comments suggesting European representatives would not be involved in ceasefire negotiations. Experts said the talks are thought to be the first time Witkoff — Trump’s chief envoy tasked with negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin — has met senior Ukrainian officials.
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