Rubio Defends Efforts to Bring Russia to the Negotiating Table: Diplomacy Is the Only Way to End the War in Ukraine

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Rubio No ░░░░░░░░ here is claiming Vladimir ░░░░░░░░ is going to bet ░░░░░░░░ Nobel peace prize or ░░░░░░░░ should be the humanitarian ░░░░░░░░ the year at the ░░░░░░░░ association What we re ░░░░░░░░ is he has a ░░░░░░░░ large country They re ░░░░░░░░ full war footing They ░░░░░░░░ cranking out weapons now ░░░░░░░░ a war footing pace ░░░░░░░░ we need to figure ░░░░░░░░ is there way to ░░░░░░░░ them to stop the ░░░░░░░░ And the only way ░░░░░░░░ re going to do ░░░░░░░░ is to get Russians ░░░░░░░░ in negotiations something the ░░░░░░░░ haven t been able ░░░░░░░░ do the Biden Administration ░░░░░░░░ t able to do ░░░░░░░░ didn t even try ░░░░░░░░ s the goal here ░░░░░░░░ s that simple Can ░░░░░░░░ try to sit with ░░░░░░░░ and figure out whether ░░░░░░░░ s anything what are ░░░░░░░░ Russians demands Under what ░░░░░░░░ would the Russians be ░░░░░░░░ to stop this war ░░░░░░░░ we said we don ░░░░░░░░ know what those are ░░░░░░░░ we haven t talked ░░░░░░░░ them in three years ░░░░░░░░ s singular goal is ░░░░░░░░ try to bring about ░░░░░░░░ end to this conflict ░░░░░░░░ it begins by getting ░░░░░░░░ to the table Ultimately ░░░░░░░░ any truce or any ░░░░░░░░ agreement those things will ░░░░░░░░ to be enforced and ░░░░░░░░ will have to be ░░░░░░░░ put in place Everybody ░░░░░░░░ that but it begins ░░░░░░░░ the first step but ░░░░░░░░ s engaing them to ░░░░░░░░ iffest it s eastern ░░░░░░░░ because if it s ░░░░░░░░ thousands of people are ░░░░░░░░ billions of dollars are ░░░░░░░░ in and more death ░░░░░░░░ destruction That s not ░░░░░░░░ the president wants to ░░░░░░░░ part of STEPHANOPOULOS Aren ░░░░░░░░ those talks feasible if ░░░░░░░░ United States is willing ░░░░░░░░ provide security guarantees to ░░░░░░░░ That was the point ░░░░░░░░ Zelenskyy was also making ░░░░░░░░ the Oval Office Rubio ░░░░░░░░ security guarantees which I ░░░░░░░░ like to call deterrents ░░░░░░░░ all contingent upon there ░░░░░░░░ a peace Everybody is ░░░░░░░░ security guarantees to secure ░░░░░░░░ peace You first have ░░░░░░░░ have a peace We ░░░░░░░░ t even know if ░░░░░░░░ peace is possible This ░░░░░░░░ understood by the Ukrainians ░░░░░░░░ was explained to them ░░░░░░░░ explained our strategy We ░░░░░░░░ trying to get Putin ░░░░░░░░ a negotiating table Everybody ░░░░░░░░ the history here the ░░░░░░░░ and forth We understand ░░░░░░░░ We all understand that.”