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Rubio spoke with Turkish foreign minister and pledged full US support, State Department says

By Thomson Reuters Mar 4, 2026 | 2:28 PM

March 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco ​Rubio spoke ‌with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday ‌and ​pledged Washington’s ⁠full support ⁠following missile attacks from Iran, the U.S. State ​Department said.

Turkey on Wednesday ⁠said that ⁠NATO air ​defenses destroyed an ​Iranian ballistic missile headed ‌into Turkish airspace.

Rubio told Fidan that “the attacks ⁠on Turkey’s sovereign territory were unacceptable and ⁠pledged ‌full support ⁠from the ​United ‌States,” the ​State Department ⁠said in a statement.

(Reporting by David Ljunggrenl; Writing by Christian ​Martinez)