India, Nov. 23 -- The Russia-Ukraine peace deal has been drafted with inputs from Russia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said, adding that it also took into account previous inputs from Ukraine.

As he departed for Geneva for talks on Russia-Ukraine peace deal, Rubio said the proposal was authored solely by the US.

Earlier, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said that the peace plan was drafted by the United States with inputs from Russia as well as Ukraine. "As Secretary Rubio and the entire Administration has consistently maintained, this plan was authored by the United States, with input from both the Russians and Ukrainians," Pigott wrote on X.

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