On Friday 4 April, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that US President Donald Trump would not “fall into the trap of endless negotiations” with Russia over Ukraine. “We will know soon enough, in a few weeks, not a few months, whether Russia is serious about peace or not”, he stressed after the NATO ministerial meeting.
A few minutes earlier, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had praised the American efforts. “The American administration, Donald Trump, has unblocked the...