Marco Rubio: “The straits need to be open unimpeded without toll.”

“I mean, there's no country in the world that's in favor of a tolling system except the regime in Iran. So that's not acceptable. That cannot happen. The straits need to be open unimpeded without toll. Obviously, that needs to happen immediately, as soon as anything's agreed. Can you ask me, Nicole Klevro, he said in the readout that he's trying to encourage the US to withdraw staff from Kyiv.” (00:26–00:30)

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