Presumptive US Secretary of State nominee and incumbent Senator Marco Rubio warned Beijing to “stop messing around” with the Philippines and Taiwan. The
Presumptive US Secretary of State nominee and incumbent Senator Marco Rubio warned Beijing to “stop messing around” with the Philippines and Taiwan.
“If they want to destabilize the relationship or they want to at least create some pathway for stabilization of our relationship with them, they really need to stop messing around with Taiwan and with the Philippines because it’s forcing us to focus our attention in ways we prefer not to have to,” he added.
“The Philippines feels threatened by it, rightfully so. We’ve seen this on a daily basis with the harassment and so forth,” Rubio said.
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