US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that US President Donald Trump wants the war in Ukraine to end and that US negotiators presented and received an encouraging response to outlines of a durable and lasting peace at meetings in Paris on April 17.
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US presented outlines of a durable and lasting peace in Paris meetings
U.S. peace proposal drafted provisions to legally recognize Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and accept Russian control over Ukrainian territory seized since 2022
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