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The US administration has opposed imposing new sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, believing that such a move would jeopardize negotiations and prolong hostilities, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Rubio questioned the usefulness of imposing new restrictions on Moscow, saying Washington was "hoping to see" whether diplomacy would work first.
"The moment you start doing things like this, you are walking away from it, you have condemned yourself to two more years of war, and we do not want to see that happen," the chief diplomat said.
Rubio claimed that the US is the only country or institution that talks to both Kiev and Moscow, and only US President Donald Trump has the potential to bring the parties to the negotiating table.
The coming week is expected to be "very critical" for the White House regarding the talks, as the administration tries to get a "determination on whether this is an effort that we want to continue to be involved in."
"While Washington doesn't want to leave, it doesn't want to waste time on something that won't get us there. There are reasons to be optimistic, but there are reasons to be realistic. We're close, but we're not close enough ," Rubio added.
The US secretary of state's remarks come a day after Trump threatened Moscow with new sanctions over the conflict, accusing the Russian leadership of trying to drag out hostilities and of "firing missiles" into Ukraine without "reason" in recent days.
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