Rubio discusses war in Ukraine with European counterparts


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  • Tuesday, 26 Aug 2025

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 21, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/ File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his European counterparts on Monday and discussed diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, the State Department said.

Rubio spoke to UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas among others, a spokesperson for the State Department said in a statement.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Bhargav Acharya; editing by Costas Pitas)

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