WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday (Jun 22) known as on China to encourage Iran to not shut down the Strait of Hormuz after Washington carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear websites.
Rubio’s feedback on Fox Information’ “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo” present got here after Iran’s Press TV reported that the Iranian parliament authorized a measure to shut the Strait of Hormuz, by which round 20 per cent of worldwide oil and gasoline flows.
“I encourage the Chinese language authorities in Beijing to name them about that, as a result of they closely rely upon the Straits of Hormuz for his or her oil,” mentioned Rubio, who additionally serves as nationwide safety adviser.
“In the event that they do this, will probably be one other horrible mistake. It is financial suicide for them in the event that they do it. And we retain choices to take care of that, however different international locations needs to be that as properly. It will harm different international locations’ economies loads worse than ours.”
Rubio mentioned a transfer to shut the strait could be an enormous escalation that may advantage a response from the US and others.
The Chinese language embassy in Washington didn’t instantly present remark.
