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Secretary Rubio Holds a Press Availability at the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Charlevoix, Canada, March 14, 2025

March 14, 2025 · U.S. Department of State · 0:25:39

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What happened

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered remarks and answered press questions at the Fairmont le Manoir Richelieu in Charlevoix, Canada, on March 14, 2025, closing the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting, according to the State Department broadcast. Rubio thanked host Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly and pointed to what he described as a strong G7 statement, and addressed the Ukraine ceasefire track, describing the previous day’s engagement between President Putin and Special Envoy Witkoff as positive and productive and giving what he called reason to be cautiously optimistic while recognizing the situation as difficult and complex, as stated in his remarks.

Why it matters

The Charlevoix availability is Rubio’s fullest on-camera account of the G7 meeting and of the administration’s ceasefire diplomacy in the same week as the Jeddah talks — the Secretary speaking for the alliance statement and the Russia track at once.

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