US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that “what’s happening with China is more important” to the world.
“Not that a war in Ukraine is not important, but I would say what’s happening with China is more important in the long term for the future of the world,” Rubio informed Fox News on Thursday.
Stressing that the US will proceed to work to finish the conflict, Rubio added: “But there does come a point where the (US) President (Donald Trump) has to decide how much more time at the highest levels of our government do you dedicate it, when maybe one of the two sides or both aren’t really close enough when we’ve got so many-I would argue even more important issues going on around the world.”
Stating that the Russia-Ukraine conflict doesn’t have a navy resolution, he said: “In essence, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin can’t take all of Ukraine; Ukraine can’t push the Russians all the way back to where they were in 2014.”
Arguing that Trump is the “only leader” who can persuade Moscow and Kyiv to succeed in an settlement, Rubio stated rebuilding Ukraine will value “hundreds of billions of dollars.”
Emphasizing that Washington has invested closely within the conflict, he argued that the mineral deal between the US and Ukraine is useful for each international locations.
– IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Rubio stated Iran ought to import enriched uranium for a peaceable “civilian nuclear” program.
Noting that the one nations that enrich uranium are those who already possess nuclear weapons, he added that Iran is “claiming they do not need a weapon, however they might be — what they’re mainly asking is to be the one non-weapon nation on the earth that is enriching uranium.
“And the level at which they enrich it is really not relevant per se because, really, if you have the ability to enrich at 3.67%, it only takes a few weeks to get to 20% and then 60% and then the 80 and 90% that you need for a weapon,” he stated. “What cannot happen is to live in a world where Iran has a nuclear weapon.”
Rubio additionally stated Tehran should cease “sponsoring terrorists, helping the Houthis” in Yemen, and “building long-range missiles that have no purpose to exist other than having nuclear weapons.”
He famous that Iran has “to walk away from enrichment.”
“It’s been known and discovered that in the past Iran has had a secret nuclear program that it did not disclose to the world,” Rubio added.
Rubio reiterated that Iran should conform to oversight, together with inspections by US inspectors to supply peaceable nuclear vitality.
– TRADE WARS WITH CHINA
Rubio stated China’s financial practices towards the US are additionally harming its personal economic system.
“When they say that the containers, that the factories are not going to be sending things to America, that means they’re out of a job. This is hurting the Chinese economy badly,” he famous.
Saying that China desires to have a gathering with the US as a part of a short-term settlement, Rubio stated US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is engaged on the problem and talks will quickly be on the agenda.
“We were far too dependent on China. We allowed them through unfair trade practices to de-industrialize us and to use not just tariffs but non-tariff barriers, currency manipulation, dumping,” he said.
That left the US “de-industrialized as a country and heavily dependent on them,” the secretary highlighted, including that Trump is taking vital steps on the problem.
“Two more years in this direction and we are going to be in a lot of trouble, really dependent on China. So, I do think there’s this broader question about how much we should buy from them at all moving forward,” Rubio added.
Source: www.anews.com.tr