Rubio says progress made on 'security infrastructure' after Ukraine conflict

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Sunday that progress has been made regarding the post-conflict "security infrastructure" and guarantees for Ukraine and Europe. Rubio emphasized that nothing has been finalized yet, though discussions have focused heavily on what a post-conflict security architecture and U.S. "backstop" for European-led force deployments might resemble.

Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State said “We obviously have to get past the conflict to get to that point. So, there's been talks about that, I think the president was briefed on that on Thursday or Friday last week. Some of the initial thoughts that are out there, nothing's been finalized yet, and maybe some progress could be made in Abu Dhabi tomorrow when Jared and Steve will be there, I think they're on their way there right now." 

Rubio made the remarks before departing from Florida for Paris to meet with G7 foreign ministers.