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Rubio Jokes About Putin Overshadowing His Briefing
(MENAFN) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio quipped on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was attempting to overshadow him, after realizing his own briefing coincided almost exactly with Putin’s end-of-year press conference.
During Moscow’s annual Direct Line Q&A session, Putin fielded questions from citizens and journalists for nearly four and a half hours. Later that day, at the US State Department, a journalist began addressing Rubio by saying: “Vladimir Putin today...”
Rubio interrupted with a laugh, joking, “‘Hey, I am Vladimir Putin’… What are you doing here?” The reporter, identified as Nick Schifrin from PBS NewsHour, clarified that Putin had just concluded his press conference. Rubio responded humorously: “Wow, he’s trying to step on my message,” drawing laughter from the audience.
Rubio reassured those present that his own briefing would be far shorter than Putin’s marathon Q&A. “Oh, well, don’t worry about that,” he added.
Switching to a more serious tone, Rubio discussed Washington’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict. He explained that US officials “try to understand what the Russian position – how much can they give and what do they have to have. We understand the Ukrainian position. And we try to find whether those two things can overlap.”
During Moscow’s annual Direct Line Q&A session, Putin fielded questions from citizens and journalists for nearly four and a half hours. Later that day, at the US State Department, a journalist began addressing Rubio by saying: “Vladimir Putin today...”
Rubio interrupted with a laugh, joking, “‘Hey, I am Vladimir Putin’… What are you doing here?” The reporter, identified as Nick Schifrin from PBS NewsHour, clarified that Putin had just concluded his press conference. Rubio responded humorously: “Wow, he’s trying to step on my message,” drawing laughter from the audience.
Rubio reassured those present that his own briefing would be far shorter than Putin’s marathon Q&A. “Oh, well, don’t worry about that,” he added.
Switching to a more serious tone, Rubio discussed Washington’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict. He explained that US officials “try to understand what the Russian position – how much can they give and what do they have to have. We understand the Ukrainian position. And we try to find whether those two things can overlap.”
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