JAKARTA - The United States has developed a "very explicit proposal" to resolve the Ukraine conflict, and will withdraw from negotiations if Moscow and Kyiv do not approve of the plan, said Vice President JD Vance.
"It's time for them to say yes or for the United States to get out of this process," Bloomberg quoted Vice President Vance as saying to reporters in India, as reported by TASS April 23.
"There will be some regional exchanges," he said, adding that although the border may not be the right frontline as it is now, to stop the killings, both sides should "lay down their weapons, freeze them out and resume businesses to build better Russia and better Ukraine."
Vice President Vance said he was "optimistic" about these negotiations, adding he saw all parties had negotiated in good faith so far.
As previously reported, United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday he hoped Russia and Ukraine could reach an agreement to end the war, which is already in its third year, this week.
It is known that President Trump since the 2024 United States presidential election campaign is determined to end the Russia-Ukraine war as soon as possible.
After being sworn in, President Trump moved quickly by holding telephone talks with President Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Efforts to realize peace resumed with several separate meetings between delegates and envoys between the three countries.
Last week, Pam Sam's country threatened to abandon efforts to broker Russia-Ukraine peace deals, unless there were clear signs of progress in the near future.
"We want to finish it quickly," US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House.
"Now if for a reason one of the two sides complicates it, we'll say, 'you guys are stupid, you're bad guys, and we're going to be soft. But hopefully we don't need to do that," said President Trump.
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President Trump's statement follows comments by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio who said the two sides only had a few days to show progress or Washington would give up.
"We will not continue this business for weeks and months. So, we need to determine immediately now, and I am talking about a matter of days, whether this can be done in the next few weeks," Foreign Minister Rubio said in Paris after meeting with European and Ukrainian leaders.
"If it is not possible, if we are so far away that this will not happen, then I think the president may already be at a point where he will say, 'it's fine, we're done'," continued the US Foreign Minister.
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