Marco Rubio: “If in fact there is going to be an opportunity here to…”

“It's going to be very difficult to engage in communication with Russia about anything if our embassy is not functioning. And he raised concerns about his diplomatic mission in the United States. So at a very basic level, If in fact there is going to be an opportunity here to pursue peace by engaging with the Russians, we're going to need to have functional embassies in Moscow and in Washington, D.C. and that's certainly something foreign ministers would talk about as a matter of normal course. I want to ask you about what happened in Munich, Germany, at the security conference.” (11:33–11:43)

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