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Rubio downplays reports US could review UK's claim to Falklands
Key takeaways
- A leaked internal Pentagon email, details of which were reported by Reuters last week, suggested the US was considering options to punish Nato allies it saw as having failed to support its war with Iran.
- Rubio told the Sun on Thursday that it was "just an email" and the reaction was "overexcited".
- The Falklands, a British overseas territory in the south-west Atlantic Ocean, remain the subject of a sovereignty dispute between the UK and Argentina.
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Olivia Ireland Getty Images The Falkland Islands remain the subject of a sovereignty dispute between Britain and Argentina US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has downplayed reports that the US could review its position on the UK's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
A leaked internal Pentagon email, details of which were reported by Reuters last week, suggested the US was considering options to punish Nato allies it saw as having failed to support its war with Iran.
Rubio told the Sun on Thursday that it was "just an email" and the reaction was "overexcited".
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