OTTAWA, March 14. /TASS/. The issue of Kiev and Moscow’s potential concessions is yet to be considered, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
"What those concessions are remains to be seen. That'll have to be part of the negotiation, but it's not going to be helpful to enter into those negotiations making blanket statements that may give an excuse for one side or the other not to participate in it," he told a news conference after a Group of Seven ministerial meeting in Canada.
According to the top US diplomat, there can be "no military solution" to the hostilities in Ukraine. "Neither Russia nor Ukraine can achieve its maximalist military aims. The only way to end this war is through a process of negotiations. Negotiations, be it, in business, in commerce or in geopolitics, involves both sides giving something, both sides making concessions. That's just obvious," he said.
Such an approach, in his words, is not inconsistent with the G7 declared thesis about support for Ukraine’s "territorial integrity." "That is separate from the issue we face today," he added.