Starmer: UK To Host Multi Nation Meeting On Hormuz Shipping
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that Britain will host a multi nation meeting focused on restoring safe commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The gathering will bring together representatives from around 35 countries to discuss diplomatic, economic and security steps to reopen the vital waterway, which has been heavily disrupted by the Iran conflict and related blockades. Starmer said the UK is prepared to take a leadership role in coordinating a credible, collective plan to guarantee freedom of navigation in the Gulf. He warned that ongoing disruptions in Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil and gas shipping routes, pose a serious threat to global energy supplies and living standards in countries like Britain. The meeting, to be hosted in London and led by Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, will bring together foreign and defence officials from […]