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U.S. forces have redirected 97 commercial vessels and disabled 4 since the start of the blockade.

The declaration states that the countries aim to build a “secure and prosperous” Arctic region and strengthen stability in response to what they described as increased Russian military activity and China’s growing strategic interest in the area.

The countries also said they would strengthen their military presence, surveillance capabilities, and joint training in the Arctic and High North in a “coordinated and calibrated manner.”

We have to start thinking about what we do if a few weeks from now Iran decides, "We don't care; we're going to keep the straits closed; we're going to sink any ship that doesn't listen to us or doesn't pay us"—then someone's going to have to do something about it.

I raised that point today; I got a lot of nods; I got a lot of people that came up to me afterwards and acknowledged it, but we don't have an announcement for you today in terms of something that's happening.

We have to have a plan B for if someone is shooting and how to reopen the straits, and so I made that point today. I don't know if that would be a NATO mission necessarily, but it would certainly be NATO countries that can contribute to it.

The primary interlocutor on Iran has been Pakistan and continues to be so.

Field Marshal Munir is traveling to Iran soon, and we're in constant communication with him at the highest levels of our government.

These bases in the region provided us logistical options that we wouldn’t otherwise have, and when some of their bases are denied to you during a conflict, you question whether that value is still there.

That’s gonna have to be discussed.

We didn't discuss Greenland today, but we had an Arctic meeting today of the seven countries, and it was very positive.

The Arctic is going to play a more prominent role in NATO and in discussions around NATO.

We got involved because we were the only ones that the Russians and the Ukrainians would talk to. They were not fruitful, unfortunately.

Despite leaks that are not true, despite stories out there about us forcing the Ukrainians to take this position or that position, which are not true, if we see an opportunity to to pull together talks that are productive, not counterproductive, and that have the chance to be fruitful, we're prepared to play that role.

There are no such talks occurring at this time. But we hope that will change, because that war can only end with a negotiated settlement. It will not end with a military victory by one side or the other, at least from a traditional standpoint of how military victories are defined.

It's concerning. We understand these countries feel threatened by Russia for obvious reasons.

You always worry that something like that can spark into something bigger, and that's always a possibility.

We're watching it carefully. We're obviously engaged with our allies in NATO in that regard in terms of what's happening, and we keep up to date.

There's been some progress. I wouldn't exaggerate it. I wouldn't diminish it. There's more work to be done.

We're going to respond based on the facts as we see them and as they emerge.

President Trump has outlined his priorities: Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, the issue of enriched uranium, and future enrichment.

I think there's been some progress, but we're not there yet, and hopefully that'll change.

We're dealing with a very difficult group of people. And if it doesn't change, then President Trump has been clear he has other options, though he prefers the negotiated option and having a good deal.

Trump has expressed concern that maybe that's not possible. But we're going to keep trying. I know our guys are still working on that very hard.

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