US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that achieving peace in the context of negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine is possible only if all participants make mutual concessions. In an interview with American media, he emphasized that this principle applies to any negotiations, be it business, trade or geopolitics.

"Both sides must offer something and agree to something. What exactly the concessions will be is yet to be determined - this will become clear in the process of discussions," — Rubio noted. 

According to the head of American diplomacy, the negotiations have not yet reached the stage where it is possible to clearly define what each side is ready to give or accept. He added that specific conditions will depend on the positions of the participants who will find themselves at the negotiating table. Rubio's statement came amid the intensification of efforts by the Donald Trump administration to find ways to end the fighting in Ukraine, which has become one of the key foreign policy priorities since his return to power. 

The negotiating process received a new impetus after Trump reported on March 14 a productive conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling for the lives of encircled Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region to be spared. Earlier, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff visited Moscow to discuss the details of a 30-day ceasefire proposed by Washington. According to Reuters, the American side insists on a temporary ceasefire as a first step, but Russia links any agreement to the capitulation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, where, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, about 10 Ukrainian servicemen are isolated. 

According to Bloomberg, talks in Saudi Arabia in early March involving representatives from the United States, Ukraine and Russia revealed a willingness to engage in dialogue, but key differences remain. Kyiv is demanding the return of all territories and security guarantees through NATO membership, while Moscow insists on recognition of Ukraine’s current borders and neutrality. Rubio, who attended the meeting in Jeddah along with National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, stressed that a compromise is inevitable, but its parameters remain subject to further discussion.