US EditionRubio plans to skip NATO meeting at key moment for Ukraine: Reuters
Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau will attend the rare absence of Secretary Rubio at the NATO meeting during critical U.S.-Ukrainian peace negotiations over Trump's war-ending plan.
- On Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly planning to skip next week's NATO foreign ministers meeting, with Christopher Landau, Deputy Secretary of State, representing Washington.
- At the center of the timing is a push to narrow gaps over President Donald Trump's peace plan as U.S. and Ukrainian officials scramble and European diplomats complain of exclusion after a November 18 leaked draft intensified concerns.
- Historically, U.S. secretaries rarely miss these twice-yearly meetings, and in 2017 Rex Tillerson planned to skip one but it was rescheduled; a State Department spokesperson declined to comment, noting Rubio met European officials recently, while Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau, attending for Rubio, once questioned NATO's need.
- At a delicate moment for Kyiv, the timing heightens diplomatic risks as Marco Rubio's absence risks deepening questions over Washington's commitment to European security after Andriy Yermak quit on Friday.
- Washington's broader posture toward NATO frames the significance as President Donald Trump has doubted the alliance's necessity but reaffirmed support at a NATO leaders' summit in June, urging allies to boost defense spending and saying Washington would no longer "bail them out.
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Instead of the Secretary of the North American State, he will be his assistant, Christopher Landau, who will represent the country on 2 and 3 December in Brussels.
Rubio Plans to Skip NATO Meeting at Key Moment for Ukraine, Sources Say
In place of the head of American diplomacy, his deputy, Christopher Landau, will attend.
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Rubio plans to skip NATO meeting at key moment for Ukraine, sources say
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to skip a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels next week, two U.S. officials said, in a highly unusual absence of the top U.S. diplomat from a key transatlantic gathering. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The head of American diplomacy Marco Rubio will not go to the meeting of foreign ministers of NATO countries next week in Brussels, learned the AFP from a source close to the file, as a plan to end the war in Ukraine is being negotiated. ...
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