Ending Russian Isolation
The U.S. and Russia are rebooting their relationship.
In the countries’ first official meeting since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov met in Saudi Arabia yesterday. They aimed to lay the groundwork for peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war that’s claimed more than a million lives by some estimates.
Uncle Sam and Mother Russia agreed to pick peace-negotiating teams and restore staffing levels at their embassies, also making plans for “geopolitical and economic cooperation” if the war ends. A summit between Presidents Trump and Putin was discussed but not set.
The Trump administration said Tuesday’s talks were “preliminary,” promising Ukraine that it will be able to negotiate with Russia directly. Rubio said, “No one is being sidelined,” but European allies are miffed that they weren’t looped in.
ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE
As nations fight over temporary borders, followers of Christ rejoice in our eternal inheritance: the entire world made completely new, where we will live and reign with our Savior forever.
“Blessed are the humble, for they will inherit the earth.”
Matthew 5:5 (CSB) (read full passage)