Miliband says reopening Strait of Hormuz 'essential' as he meets Rubio
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss international security, including the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine, and the Gaza crisis. Despite past political friction between Miliband and the Trump administration, both sides described the meeting as productive.
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Illustrates the diplomatic balancing act between the UK and the US under new administrations with differing ideological backgrounds.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Jennifer McKiernan Political reporter Watch: Meeting with Marco Rubio "productive", Miliband tells BBC Reopening the Strait of Hormuz is essential to bringing down the cost of living in the UK, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said as he met his US counterpart Marco Rubio.
The Labour minister is in Washington for his first official one-on-one meeting with Rubio.
The pair were expected to discuss the war in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Miliband was invited to the US capital by Rubio after they met on the sidelines of a foreign ministers' summit in the Philippines, where the former Labour leader made his debut as foreign secretary.
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