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Marco Rubio, America's secretary of state, has outlined several basic points on which agreement already has been reached for developing peace talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

That has been one of the major goals President Donald Trump has emphasized for his presidency.

Rubio, according to a report in the Daily Mail, revealed plans to "re-establish diplomatic facilities," appoint a high-level diplomatic team to work on an "enduring peace," and address plans for economic and geopolitical cooperation.

The U.S. launched talks with Russian officials with the goal of reaching an agreement involving the various parties that will halt the war between the two. Trump already has talked with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky by phone.

And America has announced that it no longer is giving virtually unlimited funding to Ukraine.

Involved so far have been Rubio, U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Putin aide Yuri Ushakov.

The war has been raging since 2022 and has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and billions of dollars.

"The talks came after Trump spoke with Putin last week as the U.S. moves away from isolating Russia, but Ukrainian representatives were not present for the sit-down in the Middle East," the report said. Zelensky has insisted that no deal will be accepted if Ukraine is not at the negotiating table.

The report said additionally, the five people at the first meeting will remain engaged, "so they know it is moving along 'in a productive way,'" the report said.

Commentator Charlie Kirk explained, "America does NOT have to be engaged in an endless proxy war with Russia. We can have peace and even cooperation. What a breath of fresh air."

Rubio noted, "The only leader in the world who can make this happen, who can even bring people together to begin to talk about it in a serious way is President Trump."

And he affirmed that "everyone involved" has to be on board with a resolution.

Waltz said the issue of territory taken by Russia would have to be discussed.

"What the president did not find acceptable was an endless war in Europe that was literally turning into, has turned into a meat grinder of people on both sides," Waltz said.

Zelensky has said Ukraine will not "give in" to Russian ultimatums.