US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Saturday, November 9, at a press conference in Atlanta, after a four-way meeting with the foreign ministers of Australia, India and Japan, pointed to the US military capability to act against Iran and said that US President Donald Trump prefers to resolve disputes through diplomacy. Rubio said: "The president prefers not to take it that way. If he wanted to, he would have done it weeks or months ago. "He preferred to solve the issue diplomatically." The American Secretary of State continued: "If we have to take military action, we will have the ability to do so and we have everything necessary for success." "However, we prefer that this issue be resolved peacefully," he emphasized at the end.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Saturday, November 9, at a press conference in Atlanta, after a four-way meeting with the foreign ministers of Australia, India and Japan, pointed to the US military capability to act against Iran and said that US President Donald Trump prefers to resolve disputes through diplomacy. Rubio said: "The president prefers not to take it that way. If he wanted to, he would have done it weeks or months ago. "He preferred to solve the issue diplomatically." The American Secretary of State continued: "If we have to take military action, we will have the ability to do so and we have everything necessary for success." "However, we prefer that this issue be resolved peacefully," he emphasized at the end.