Speaking a day after President Donald Trump spoke by telephone to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and the US administration said Ukraine would have to cede territory, Rubio said the United States has a “stake in Ukraine's long-term independence.”
“Hopefully we’ll have some news here soon on that: the ability to partner with Ukraine -- a joint venture, or something like that -- for their mineral rights, all the natural resources they have,“ he said.
“Part of it is going to be reinvested back into Ukraine to rebuild (from) all the destruction that’s happened there.”
Rubio in the call discussed “bold diplomacy to end the war in a negotiated manner leading to a sustainable peace,“ State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said.
Ukraine has major resources of lithium and titanium that are critical to high-tech technologies including aerospace and electric vehicles.
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