Ishiba Remark on Reducing Dependence on U.S. Not Problem: Rubio

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Kuala Lumpur, July 12 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that he does not take issue with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s recent remark citing the need for his country to make efforts to reduce its dependence on the United States. “I don’t think that that’s a negative comment per se,” Rubio told reporters in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. “We obviously have very st…

Kuala Lumpur, July 12 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that he does not take issue with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s recent remark citing the need for his country to make efforts to reduce its dependence on the United States. “I don’t think that that’s a negative comment per se,” Rubio told reporters in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. “We obviously have very st…