Marco Rubio was traveling to the security conference and a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the G7.
The plane in which the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, destined for Germany to participate in the Munich Security Conference had to Return to Washington on Thursday night after suffering a mechanical problem during the flight.
The plane landed shortly after 22.00 local time on Thursday at the Andrews joint base, on the outskirts of Washington, After around 90 minutes after takeoff the problem was noticed And the pilots set back back, indicates the CBS correspondent that was traveling with Rubio.
According to the spokeswoman for the State Department, Tammy Bruce, cited by this and other means, the Air plane experienced a “mechanical problem”, and “the secretary intends to continue his trip to Germany and the Middle East in another plane. “
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It is unknown when the new departure will occur or if the delay will prevent Rubio from arriving on time to Munich for the start of the security conference this Friday, in which he has his assistance and that of the US vice president, JD Vance.
Rubio is expected be present at the meeting between the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, and JD Vance today in the capital of Bavara, where he will also participate in his first meeting of Foreign Ministers of the G7 (United States, Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the European Union).
After his stop in Munich, the scheduled agenda is that Rubio trip to the Middle East from February 15 to 18 for his first visit to the region as Secretary of State, with stops in Israel, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, where he could meet with his leaders, including Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu.
The region has been shaken by the plan that Trump announced last week during a meeting with Netanyahu in the White House, where he proposed the expulsion of the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip to neighboring countries and that The United States takes control of the enclave to build the “Riviera de Oriente Middle”.
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Trump’s proposal has been repudiated by the Palestinians and Arab nations, which catalog it as an attempt for ethnic cleaning, which would constitute a crime against humanity and could be considered a genocide, according to the United Nations.
Egypt and Jordan, residents of Gaza, have intensified conversations to achieve a rapid construction of the enclave and convince the US president to give up his project.
On Saturday, coinciding with Rubio’s scheduled visit, It is also planned that Hamas releases three Israeli hostages as part of the implementation of the high the fire in Gaza that keeps in Israel.
