{"id":174150,"date":"2025-12-03T19:59:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nato-allies-gather-in-brussels-after-inconclusive-ukraine-peace-talks-in-moscow-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T19:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:59:34","slug":"nato-allies-gather-in-brussels-after-inconclusive-ukraine-peace-talks-in-moscow-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nato-allies-gather-in-brussels-after-inconclusive-ukraine-peace-talks-in-moscow-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO allies gather in Brussels after inconclusive Ukraine peace talks in Moscow – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Almost all of NATO’s<\/a> foreign ministers gathered in Brussels on Wednesday, a day after inconclusive Ukraine peace talks<\/a> between the United States and President Vladimir Putin<\/a>, and as European officials struggled for a seat at the negotiating table.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that despite the absence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio \u2014 believed to be the first time in 22 years that America’s top diplomat did not attend a ministerial gathering of this kind \u2014 he remained “very much involved” in the process.
Rutte later told journalists that President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts were central to ending the war.
\u201cThere is only one person in the whole world who was able to break the deadlock … and that is the American President,\u201d he told reporters.
Some European nations have expressed extreme disquiet at being apparently sidelined in talks, however.
\u201cFor any plan to work, it needs Ukrainians and Europeans on board,\u201d the E.U.\u2019s chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas, told reporters last month.
Lithuania\u2019s national security adviser, K\u0119stutis Budrys, told journalists in Brussels last month <\/strong>that Europe\u2019s security \u201cmust not be discussed without Europe.\u201d
Russia wanted \u201cto push out Americans from Europe, and to review the security architecture\u201d on the continent, he added.
Lithuania sits between the Russian territory of Kaliningrad and staunch Kremlin ally Belarus, and was occupied by the Soviet Union until the end of Communism in 1990. It and fellow Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia have long feared an emboldened Russia.
European leaders were also blindsided by Trump\u2019s 28-point plan last month,<\/a> which was seen as leaving not just Ukraine, but also the whole continent vulnerable.
Rubio’s absence from the summit was “unusual,” according to William Alberque, NATO’s former arms control director. The last time he could remember such an absence was Colin Powell in 2003, attributed to the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
When asked why Rubio would not meet with NATO allies, especially during these ongoing Ukraine war negotiations, a senior State Department official told NBC News that he “has already attended dozens of meetings with NATO allies and it would be completely impractical to expect him at every meeting.”
Despite being sidelined in discussions between Moscow and Washington, European leaders could still have “a direct impact on the talks” and “continue to guide the process,” Alberque said.
He added, “it may seem that the Europeans are powerless in the face of Trump\u2019s style of leadership,” but “we already have seen the so-called ‘peace plan’ change radically over the past days, with Ukrainian and European concerns increasingly reflected.”
Before meeting with Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner on Tuesday, Putin launched into a tirade against Europe, criticizing European leaders for hindering Trump\u2019s peace efforts from which, he said, Europe has removed itself. Russia has no intention of going to war with European countries, he told reporters, but if Europe starts a war, there can be no doubt about Russia\u2019s readiness to respond \u201cright now.\u201d
Stefan Wolff, professor of international security at England\u2019s University of Birmingham, said Putin’s rhetoric was part of the Russian narrative that Europe is undermining Trump\u2019s efforts to end the war, and if it weren’t for European obstruction, then a deal would long have been done.
“That is probably true, but it’s a good thing, because any such deal would be bad for Ukraine, bad for Europe, and ultimately bad for the U.S.,\u201d he added.
There was no real expectation of a breakthrough heading into the talks in Moscow, as the Kremlin did not show any intention of easing off on its hard-line demands<\/a>.
Still, Moscow called the five-hour conversation \u201cuseful\u201d and said some points could be agreed on, while others were viewed \u201cnegatively\u201d by Putin. The parties also discussed the issue of territories \u2014 a key and very sensitive point for Ukraine \u2014 and that some American proposals on that looked \u201cmore or less acceptable\u201d to the Kremlin. Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday the talks were the first such \u201cdirect exchange of opinions,\u201d adding that Putin did not reject the U.S. plan.
Also on Wednesday, Ukraine\u2019s foreign minister Andriy Sybiha said the U.S. team had invited the Ukrainian delegation to “continue our talks in America in the near future.”
Yuliya Talmazan is a reporter for NBC News Digital, based in London.
Alexander Smith is a senior reporter for\u00a0NBC News Digital based in London.
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