The US secretary of state said that Washington remains open and willing to play a constructive role in bringing the conflict to an end

MANILA, July 22. /TASS/. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would discuss the prospects for resolving the conflict in Ukraine at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, he said.

"We are going to talk about it. We’d like to see that war coming to an end. The US remains open and willing to play a constructive role in bringing that war to an end, when that opportunity presents itself," he told reporters.

"I saw foreign Minister Lavrov last night briefly. We did not talk about any of this. We’ll talk more tomorrow."