53-year-old Republican Senator from Florida Marco Rubio has been confirmed as US Secretary of State. 99 of his colleagues in the Senate voted for this, 0 were against..

Rubio becomes the first senior Trump administration official to be confirmed by the upper house.. After the vote, the politician made his first statements about the war in Ukraine, CNN reports..

He spoke in favor of ending the Russian-Ukrainian war, although he could not name the timing of the conclusion of the agreement. According to the Republican, each side will have to give "

“I cannot define a time frame other than to say that in any case, in order to end the conflict between two sides, neither of which can achieve their maximum goals, each side will have to give up something,” the new one said.

He noted that it is " And Trump wants to be a president " “And it won’t be easy either,” Rubio said..

Speaking about future negotiations, he refused to get ahead of himself.

“Negotiations of this level, with such stakes, are best conducted diplomatically, and not on public platforms,” the politician said.

He called a ceasefire Trump's top priority.. Like, “this will happen almost immediately” and “some of this has already begun”.

" “I mean, this is a complicated conflict, but it’s a bloody one, and it has to end,” the Republican said..

" And ultimately, this is the complexity of foreign policy,” he added..

Let's remember: in April 2024, Rubio voted against providing aid to Ukraine and called on Kyiv to negotiate with Moscow to end the war - even if this means that the Russian Federation will retain part of the occupied Ukrainian territory.

Marco Rubio was born in Miami, Florida on May 28, 1971, into a family of Cuban immigrants.. Studied political science at the University of Florida and received a JD from the University of Miami.

In 2000, he became a member of his state’s House of Representatives, and five years later, he became Speaker of the House.. He worked there until 2008, after which he was engaged in teaching for some time..

In 2011, Rubio was elected to the US Senate.