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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded a two-day visit to Rome on Friday, where he sought to ease tensions with Pope Leo and urged Europeans to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.The task was not easy, given President Donald Trump’s recent sharp criticism of both the Catholic leader and Italy’s far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a close ally of the US leader. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“The world has to start asking itself, what is it willing to do if Iran tries to normalize a control of an international waterway? I think that’s unacceptable,” he told reporters after meeting Meloni.The appeal was aimed at Italy as well as other European countries, which Trump criticized for not helping the United States to protect the strait. Tehran seized control of the narrow chokepoint to the Gulf, a major transport route for oil, gas and fertilizer, after US and Israeli forces attacked Iran on February 28, triggering the Middle East
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