'They'll have a chance to do something about it at the United Nations later this week when there's a resolution just condemning Iran on what they're doing with the Straits.'
Secretary of State Rubio: Look, there's three things. The Chinese have ships stuck in the Persian Gulf because setting up a system that says we're going to let certain ships through but others not is easier said than done.
You saw a Chinese cargo got hit over the weekend. I'm sure Iran didn't do it deliberately, but they did. It happened and so that's why these Chinese ships are stuck in there.
The second is I don't think China wants this. It's a huge source of instability.
It threatens to destabilize Asia more than any other part of the world because the world is heavily reliant on the Straits for energy.
And the third reason is because China's economy is export-driven.
Meaning their economy is fueled not by what they consume domestically but by what they make and sell to other countries. Well, if all countries in world economies are melting down because of this crisis in the Straits, they're going to be buying less Chinese product and the Chinese exports are gonna drop precipitously.
So it's in their interest to resolve this.
We hope to convince them to play a more active role in getting Iran to walk away from what they're trying to do now in the Persian Gulf.
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