WASHINGTON , June 17 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed Tuesday latest developments in the ongoing Israeli-Iranian conflict with UK Foreign Secretary David Lamy and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.

In a statement, the US State Department said the US secretary of state - in separate phone calls - emphasized to his UK and French counterparts the need to remain in close contact.

They all affirmed their continued close cooperation to encourage a diplomatic process that would ensure that Iran would not develop a nuclear weapon. (MENA)

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