The U.S. Secretary of State said the Trump administration wants to end as quickly as possible Washington’s military financing for Israel, and believes that Israel now has sufficient economic capacity to purchase American weapons without receiving grant aid.

Speaking on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in Paris, Marco Rubio said the United States and Israel are negotiating a new framework for defense cooperation.

According to him, the goal is to shift the current relationship from “military financing” to direct arms sales and possibly joint production of some defense systems.

In response to the question of whether Israel can continue from the beginning of 2027 without U.S. financial assistance, he said that if Israel wants to do so, this is “absolutely” possible.

Rubio’s remarks follow a position announced by Trump last week. The U.S. president said he has reached an agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu to end annual U.S. military assistance by the end of 2026.