USA and France continue pressures on Russia to end the war in Ukraine with the American Foreign Minister asking to ‘End the irrational war’.
After all, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made it clear to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that It is time to end the “irrational war” in Ukraine.
«The United States is determined to facilitate the end of this irrational war »said State Department spokesman Tami Bruce, in this report on the telephone conversation on Sunday, which was already announced by Russia.
Marco Rubio also spoke with Sergei Lavrov about “The next stages in peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and for the need to end the war from now on».
The telephone conversation took place before Vladimir Putin announced a three -day truce in Ukraine from May 8th to 10th, on the occasion of the victory of Nazi Germany.
The leader of US diplomacy said on Sunday that this week would be critical to evaluate efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. US President Donald Trump has promised to stop the war on the first day of his term.
In an interview with the NBC News network on Sunday, Rubio also said that there are “reasons to be optimistic but also reasons to be realistic” and that the United States may decide to focus on other priorities if a deal is not reached.
Macron: In the next 8-10 days we will step up pressure on Russia
“In the next 8-10 days we will step up pressure on Russia,” French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published in Paris Match magazine, saying he “convinced the Americans of the possibility of escalating threats and possibly sanctions”.
“The next fortnight will be decisive in trying to achieve this truce,” Ukraine accepts, and Europeans support, but Russia has not yet signed, the French president insisted after the Trump-Chalenski meeting on Saturday.
Emmanuel Macron said he had spoken to the US president “Wednesday night to Thursday, urging him to adopt a stricter line” against their Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Although “no meeting was scheduled with President Trump” at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, they finally spoke “for a few minutes”. “I told him repeatedly: We have to be much tighter with the Russians,” Macron said.
“We must be ready, along with the Americans, to harden our attitude towards Russia to achieve this ceasefire,” the French president underlined.
“I think we will be able, thanks to this meeting in the Vatican, to re -exert pressure on Russia. This was the desired goal because it was not right to put pressure on Ukraine only, “he continued.
Next week includes two meetings that will highlight Emmanuel Macron’s European strategy. On May 7 he will welcome the future Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, on his first visit to Paris as head of the German government.
On May 9 he will meet Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Nancy to sign a “friendship agreement” between France and Poland.