Thursday, August 6th 2026 - 06:08 UTC
The two leaders smile and shake hands following the 90 minutes meeting at the US State Department
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband for official bilateral talks at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday August 5, 2026.
Tommy Pigott spokesperson for Mr. Rubio said discussions focused on international security issues, regional stability, and ‘strengthening the diplomatic partnership between the United States and the United Kingdom’.
In his first official one-on-one meeting with Rubio, Ed Miliband said talks were “productive” and reopening the Strait of Hormuz is essential to bringing down the cost of living in the UK.
