Marco Rubio: “We want to see every hostage released. Frankly, I think, and the President has said this, we want to see them out as…”

We want to see this region continue to thrive into the 21st century as a hub of commercial diplomacy, because it is in our interest – because it is our interest from both an economic standpoint and from a security standpoint as well.

What we want to accomplish at this meeting this week will put our countries further down the path of long-term prosperity and security.

We view the – the United States views the relationship between Uzbekistan and Central Asia as paramount to our national security and to our economic prosperity.

The diesel that Putin was going to sell, they were (going to) make it available to the global market one way or the other. The only difference is how much of it the United States was going to get.