美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥在周末与日本外相通话时表示，美国对国际刑事法院的制裁是‘必要的’ — — 这进一步凸显了盟友之间的分歧。
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio “raised the necessity of U.S. sanctions on the International Criminal Court” during a telephone call with his Japanese counterpart over the weekend — further highlighting the allies’ conflicting views.
鲁比奥告诉日本外相茂木敏充，美国对国际刑事法院的制裁之所以必要，是‘由于法院的流氓行为威胁到了美国主权’，这是根据美国国务院对他们会晤的摘要所述。
日本外务省在周六晚间发布的摘要显示，茂木敏充‘传达了日本政府对近期美国制度性制裁的立场’，双方最高外交官同意‘保持密切沟通’。
Rubio told Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi that U.S. sanctions on the ICC were needed “as a result of the Court’s rogue actions that threaten American sovereignty,” according to a State Department readout of their meeting.A Japanese readout released late Saturday by the Foreign Ministry said Motegi had “conveyed the Japanese government’s position on the recent U.S. institutional sanctions,” with the two top diplomats agreeing “to maintain close communication.”