purchasing that weaponry.
So I’m here to say to the Security Council the United States remains as committed as it has ever been to a peaceful resolution to this dangerous conflict. But there will come a moment in which we will have to conclude that perhaps there is no interest in a peaceful resolution, and then the President has before him real options, which he intends to pursue, as he has made clear today in some of the messages he has put out.
So I strongly urge the Security Council, the member-states here, and those who are not part of this as well, to do everything in their power – and including the Russian Federation to do everything within their power, and the Ukrainian side for that matter as well – but all sides, to bring this war to an end before it becomes something that will last another three or four years, lead to more destruction, both economic, and at the same time, loss of life and loss of property and loss of futures. This war needs to end. But if it does not – if there is no path to peace in the short term – then the United States and President Donald J. Trump will take the steps necessary to impose costs for continued aggression.
Thank you.
