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Top US and Turkish Diplomats Speak About Dangers Posed by Iran

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meet on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. (Turkish Foreign Ministry file) 
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meet on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. (Turkish Foreign Ministry file) 
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Top US and Turkish Diplomats Speak About Dangers Posed by Iran

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meet on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. (Turkish Foreign Ministry file) 
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meet on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. (Turkish Foreign Ministry file) 

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday about the dangers posed to regional security by Iran and its proxies, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement.

"They agreed on the importance of counterterrorism cooperation and strengthening NATO," the statement said.

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Kremlin Says US Position Ruling Out NATO Membership for Ukraine Gives Satisfaction

Cars drive in front of Moscow's Kremlin along Tverskaya street in Moscow, Russia, 21 March 2025. (EPA)
Cars drive in front of Moscow's Kremlin along Tverskaya street in Moscow, Russia, 21 March 2025. (EPA)
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Kremlin Says US Position Ruling Out NATO Membership for Ukraine Gives Satisfaction

Cars drive in front of Moscow's Kremlin along Tverskaya street in Moscow, Russia, 21 March 2025. (EPA)
Cars drive in front of Moscow's Kremlin along Tverskaya street in Moscow, Russia, 21 March 2025. (EPA)

The Kremlin said on Monday that the position of US President Donald Trump's administration on ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine gave Moscow satisfaction, but declined to comment on Trump's hopes for a deal this week.
US envoy General Keith Kellogg said on Sunday that NATO membership was "off the table" for Ukraine. Trump has repeatedly said previous US support for Ukraine's bid to join NATO was a cause of the war, Reuters said.
"We have heard from Washington at various levels that Ukraine's membership in NATO is excluded," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters." Of course, this is something that causes our satisfaction and coincides with our position."
Peskov said that Ukrainian membership of the US-led alliance would "pose a threat to the national interests of the Russian Federation. And, in fact, this is one of the root causes of this conflict."
Putin has repeatedly said that Russia would be willing to end the war if Ukraine officially dropped its NATO ambitions and withdrew its troops from the entirety of the territory of four Ukrainian regions claimed and mostly controlled by Russia.
Reuters reported in November that
Putin was ready to negotiate a deal with Trump, but would refuse to make major territorial concessions and would insist Kyiv abandon ambitions to join NATO.
Trump said on Sunday he hopes Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week to end the conflict in Ukraine.
Asked about those remarks, Peskov said: "I don't want to make any comments right now, especially about the time frame."
"President Putin and the Russian side remain open to seeking a peaceful settlement. We are continuing to work with the American side and, of course, we hope that this work will yield results," Peskov said.
He refused to comment directly on a Bloomberg report that the United States is prepared to recognise Russian control of Crimea as part of a broader peace agreement.
"Work on finding a peaceful settlement cannot take place, and should not take place, in public," Peskov said. "It should take place in an absolutely discrete mode."