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Friday 23 October 2026
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In an interview with India's Network18, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a US-India trade deal was "incredibly close", defended the US relationship with Pakistan and said a Quad leaders' summit will be held in Manila.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he told Volodymyr Zelensky in a 45-minute call that US support had not changed, and that interceptor shortfalls reflected demand and US needs. Zelensky has said a 'political decision' appears to have slowed support.
Ukraine's president told the Italian daily that limits on US intelligence sharing and Starlink speeds had already been imposed, and said he was ready to meet Trump's negotiators. He later said he had discussed missile interceptors, attack warnings and Starlink with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Speaking in Uzbekistan, the US Secretary of State rejected Kyiv's account of a three-day halt in missile-warning intelligence. He said a possible Trump–Putin–Xi meeting had been discussed but he did not know whether it had been finalised.
The US Secretary of State meets the foreign ministers of five Central Asian countries in Samarkand, then travels to India until 22 October.
