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UK Prime Minister Highlights Challenges in Reopening Strait of Hormuz
(MENAFN) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that “there’s still a lot of work to do” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as he visited Saudi Arabia amid efforts to stabilize global energy supplies.
“There’s work to do. It’s early days,” he told broadcasters, noting a “real sense” of relief following the US-Iran ceasefire mediated by Pakistan, while emphasizing the need to ensure any progress leads to lasting stability.
Starmer added that those stationed at the military base he visited, as well as citizens across the UK, would want that relief “to be permanent.”
“Because the impact on our energy prices, you can see it on a daily basis over the last 39 days, it’s our job to make sure that the strait is open, that we’re able to get the energy that the world needs out and stabilize the prices back in the UK,” he said.
He reiterated that the UK was “not getting drawn into this war.”
The comments follow US President Donald Trump’s announcement on Tuesday that he had agreed “to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks,” made less than two hours before a Trump-imposed deadline requiring Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and accept an agreement or face what he described as the destruction of “a whole civilization.”
Regional tensions escalated after a joint US-Israel offensive against Iran on February 28.
“There’s work to do. It’s early days,” he told broadcasters, noting a “real sense” of relief following the US-Iran ceasefire mediated by Pakistan, while emphasizing the need to ensure any progress leads to lasting stability.
Starmer added that those stationed at the military base he visited, as well as citizens across the UK, would want that relief “to be permanent.”
“Because the impact on our energy prices, you can see it on a daily basis over the last 39 days, it’s our job to make sure that the strait is open, that we’re able to get the energy that the world needs out and stabilize the prices back in the UK,” he said.
He reiterated that the UK was “not getting drawn into this war.”
The comments follow US President Donald Trump’s announcement on Tuesday that he had agreed “to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks,” made less than two hours before a Trump-imposed deadline requiring Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and accept an agreement or face what he described as the destruction of “a whole civilization.”
Regional tensions escalated after a joint US-Israel offensive against Iran on February 28.
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