Trump confirms Marco Rubio will go to Turkey to oversee peace talks between Russia, Ukraine

President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will represent his administration in Turkey, to oversee peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump previously floated attending the negotiations in Istanbul himself, highlighting how "relentlessly" he has been pushing to end the years-long war, and commented Monday that he would go if he thought it would help. 

The meeting will occur while Trump is on his first major overseas trip of the term, which is in the Middle East. 

“Talks are being held in Turkey later this week — probably on Thursday, and they could produce some pretty good results," Trump said. "Our people are going to be going there, Marco is going to be going there, others are going to be going, and we’ll see if we can get it done."

Rubio was already scheduled to attend a NATO meeting with other foreign ministers in Turkey, but will expand that to include the peace talks. He is also accompanying Trump on the Middle East trip to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

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