Rubio, UK's Cooper Drive Joint Agenda on Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan

2026-02-21 06:30:20

(MENAFN) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Friday with British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to address a range of pressing international issues, the State Department confirmed.

The two top diplomats reaffirmed their commitment to pursuing a negotiated end to the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a departmental statement, pledging to sustain joint efforts toward a diplomatic settlement.

Rubio and Cooper also stressed the importance of continued bilateral cooperation in Syria, alongside the implementation of phase two of President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza plan — signaling coordinated US-UK alignment on two of the region's most volatile flashpoints.

On Africa, the statement noted that "they both underscored their shared focus on securing a humanitarian truce in Sudan," where an ongoing civil conflict has triggered one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

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