US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of lying over Washington’s demands and voiced openness to diverting weapons to Kyiv to support operations in Iran.

“That’s a lie,” Rubio told reporters when asked about Zelensky’s remarks.

“I saw him say that, and it’s unfortunate he would say that, because he knows that’s not true,” Rubio has said in Paris after talks of the Group of Seven industrialised democracies.

“What he was told is the obvious: security guarantees are not going to kick in until there’s an end to a war, because otherwise you’re getting yourself involved in the war,” Rubio said. “That was not attached to, unless he gives up territory.

“I don’t know why he says these things. It’s not true,” Rubio said. “Nothing yet has been diverted, but it could. If we need something for America and it’s American, we’re going to keep it for America first.”

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