Overview
- Two U.S. officials say Rubio plans to miss the Dec. 3 Brussels session, though his schedule could still change.
- Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau will represent the United States at the gathering.
- It is highly unusual for a U.S. secretary of state to skip a formal NATO ministers' meeting, even as a NATO official noted ministers sometimes miss sessions.
- Landau previously questioned NATO's necessity in a June post on X that he later deleted.
- The development coincides with allied concerns over a leaked 28-point peace blueprint and with the resignation of Zelenskiy's chief of staff after an anti-corruption search.