Only US President Donald Trump has been able to “drive the war (in Ukraine) to a conclusion,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said shortly after Russian and American officials met in Saudi Arabia to discuss the three-year-long war in Ukraine, writes CNN.

“In just a few months, President Trump has shifted the entire global conversation from not if the war is going to end, but just how it’s going to end. Only President Trump can do that,” Rubio said after talks with Russian officials in Riyadh.

His comments mirror an earlier statement from a spokesperson for the US Department of State, who said Trump is the “only leader in the world who can get Ukraine and Russia” to agree to peace.

“President Trump wants to stop the killing; the United States wants peace and is using its strength in the world to bring countries together. President Trump is the only leader in the world who can get Ukraine and Russia to agree to that,” spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a Tuesday statement.

Rubio on Tuesday added that Trump wants the war in Ukraine to end in a way that is “fair, enduring, sustainable and acceptable” to all parties involved in the conflict.

Rubio said the US and Russian teams in Riyadh on Tuesday had “agreed on what the goal is”.

“The goal is to bring an end to this conflict in a way that’s fair, enduring, sustainable and acceptable to all parties involved. What that looks like - well, that’s what the ongoing engagement is going to be all about. The European Union would have to be at the table at some point, because they have sanctioned Russia over its war in Ukraine”, - Rubio said.