US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the US “could” divert weapons from Ukraine to the Middle East, but it hasn’t done so “yet”, APA reports citing CNN.
“It hasn’t happened yet,” Rubio said when asked about news reports weapons could be diverted. “Nothing yet has been diverted but it could.”
“Let me be clear, if the United States has a military need whether it is to replenish our stocks or to fulfill some mission in the national interest to the United States, we’re always going to come first,” Rubio added ahead of departing from a G7 foreign ministers meeting in France.
The secretary also addressed sanctioned Russian lawmakers’ visit to the US, saying it “was scheduled previously.”
“Russia is still a powerful country with nuclear weapons and it is important for nuclear powers to have some engagement at the governmental level just like we do at the diplomatic level,” Rubio said. “I don’t think that was a major concession in any shape or form.”
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