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Secretary Rubio Holds a Press Availability in Shannon, Ireland, March 12, 2025

March 12, 2025 · U.S. Department of State · 0:19:01

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What happened

Secretary of State Marco Rubio took press questions in Shannon, Ireland, on March 12, 2025, en route to the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Canada, according to the State Department broadcast. Asked about Russia’s response to the Jeddah ceasefire proposal, Rubio said Ukraine was prepared to stop all battlefield activity and begin negotiating an end to the war, that the administration would bring the proposal to Moscow directly, and that, in his words, the ball was truly in Russia’s court; he also argued there is no military solution to the conflict, as stated in his remarks.

Why it matters

The Shannon stop is where the administration’s ceasefire offer, accepted by Ukraine at Jeddah the day before, was put publicly to Russia — Rubio framing the next move as Moscow’s, in his own words, on the record.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, official upload (embedded above). Remarks as delivered; full transcript at state.gov.