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Rubio warns Iranian control over Hormuz would set ‘very dangerous precedent’
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers an opening statement during the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with US on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 22, 2026. (Eloisa Lopez/Pool Photo via AP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tells Southeast Asian foreign ministers that Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz would set a dangerous precedent with repercussions beyond the Middle East.
“If we create a precedent in the Middle East where a nation-state can decide to control an international waterway, charge a toll, and blow up your ships if you don’t pay, we have created a very dangerous precedent that will repeat itself in other parts of the world, including this region,” he tells envoys at a Manila gathering of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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