Marco Rubio stated this Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open "in one way or another" and that negotiations with Iran continue, although resolving the discrepancies in the initial draft will take "a few days."

"It's going to take a couple of days to reach an agreement, even on disagreements over a word or a phrase. So we'll have to work on that. But either it's going to be a good deal or there's not going to be one," Rubio told reporters in the Indian city of Jaipur.

The head of US diplomacy assured that talks were held this Tuesday in Qatar, following the call that President Donald Trump held over the weekend with several regional leaders and which, according to Rubio, made it possible to establish a solid alignment on the preliminary document.

However, Rubio warned that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is unsustainable and maintained that any eventual agreement with Tehran must immediately guarantee free transit through that route.

"The strait has to be open. It will be open in one way or another (...) What is happening there is illegal, it is illicit, it is unsustainable for the world and it is unacceptable. The straits must be open, without impediments, without tolls. And obviously that has to happen immediately, as soon as something is agreed upon," Rubio said.

Washington's statements come hours after the US Armed Forces attacked military targets in southern Iran, in an operation described by Washington as an action in "self-defense" to protect its troops from threats from Iranian forces.

The US Central Command justified the attacks as a measure of legitimate defense, assured that containment is maintained during the current ceasefire and that the operation was directed against missile launching sites and vessels that were trying to lay mines.