Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to Press

Excerpt (Rubio):  “What is the point of spending all this time to get a ceasefire hopefully and then a negotiated end to the war only to see it re-spark up again in about six years, four years, three years?  No one’s – we’re not interested in that, and they certainly aren’t, either. So I think the question really is more about a deterrence.  Can Ukraine create a sufficient deterrent against future aggression, against future attack, against future invasion?  Because every country in the world has a right to defend themselves, and no one can dispute that.  So that will most certainly have to be part of the conversation.  But again, I don’t think there’s – there isn’t a peace to secure until you have a peace.”