Washington, June 25 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday warned that allowing Iran to impose tolls on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz would be chaotic, as it will lay forth a precedent for other waterways to subvert the fundamental principles of international navigation and risk creating global instability.
Speaking at a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Bahrain, Rubio argued that accepting Iranian fees for passage through the strategic waterway could encourage similar actions elsewhere around the world.
"International waterways do not belong to any nation state. This is a foundational principle in the world today, without which the world would be in total chaos," Rubio said.
"If in fact we accepted tha...