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Rubio Appeals to US Gulf Allies for Support of Iran Agreement

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The U.S. ambassador appealed to skeptical Gulf allies for support of President Trump’s agreement with Iran intended to end the conflict. Simultaneously, Israel affirmed that it would keep troops stationed in southern Lebanon, posing an additional challenge to the accord.

    1. If in fact we accepted that you can charge money to use an international waterway because it happens to be near your territorial space, well then this will spread throughout the world like a contagion.
    2. International waterways do not belong to any nation-state. This is a foundational principle in the world today, without which the world would be in total chaos.
    3. I know of no country on the planet that supports tolling or fees for the use of the strait.
    4. We're going to be completely aligned with our partners in the Gulf.
    5. We're not going to do anything that undermines the security of our ⁠allies, our long-standing allies in the region.
    1. There is no American demand for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon.
    1. For us, the ceasefire in Lebanon has been and is as important as the ceasefire in Iran.
Rubio Appeals to US Gulf Allies for Support of Iran Agreement