Marco Rubio

And we expect our allies, many of whom are part of the ICC and that rely on American service members for their defense, to rein in this rogue court.

America never joined the court. We don't need that court, and we don't want it.

Our message is clear: the United States and its people are not subject to the jurisdiction of the ICC.

President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans.

But to have a peaceful transition – which is what we desire, a peaceful transition to a permanent and enduring democracy – will require a lot of hard work, a little bit of patience, free and fair elections, but more than just free and fair…

This is going to involve the participation – it has to involve the participation of every sector of society.

Our desire for Venezuela is that it not just simply have elections; elections, of course, are very important to have a democracy, an enduring democracy.

We must continue progress on political freedoms and electoral reform.

I commend Dinorah Figuera’s courageous leadership in advancing political reconciliation.

We will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling their ability to operate against us. Because our message is clear: the United States and the American people are not subject to the jurisdiction of…

[W]ith every passing year, we seemed to outsource more of our sovereignty, transferring our decisions to global bureaucracies far beyond the reach of our control," he said.

We have structured this action to provide an opportunity for States Parties to negotiate and present a solution to address our concerns," Rubio said.

Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement announcing the measures.

We want Europe to recognize and remember who we are. We are the West. We have a lot to be proud of in our history and what our civilization has provided to the world.

We think it’s not good for us, for Portugal, for any country in the world to present – to depend on any country for 95 percent of anything, your pharmaceuticals, your – we think there needs to be diversity.

You guys walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it’s the gospel. It’s not the gospel. It’s not the gospel for me. That’s not the way we do things.

These are the sort of links, and these are the sort of relationships and these are the sort of partnerships that continue to build the building blocks of a modernized alliance

This is a further expression of how close this relationship is with Greece, the U.S.-Greece historic alliance that continues to build in multiple realms

I’m very proud to be the Secretary to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and I hope that this building will continue to foster the strong relations between the United States and our host nation, Greece.

We are very committed to the success of these projects, and we’re very committed to the partnership we have with Greece on energy security.

I can tell you we’re very committed – I guess the other people in the room don’t know what you asked.

I hope that today’s meeting and the strategic dialogue just continues to reaffirm it.

Energy is obviously a priority, and you’re a great partner on.

We have a very unique historic alliance that has only grown, and now has the opportunity to grow even further.

Portugal is a great ally, a very cooperative ally of the United States.