US EditionOrmuz: Iran Still Master of the Game
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The latest statement by France on Thursday finds the setting up of a toll in the Strait of Ormuz unacceptable and illegal. Since the announcement of a ceasefire, few ships have been able to cross the area where the regime remains in control of the game. Tehran claims that mines are in the centre of the Strait. Therefore, the whole area is impassable. In a statement, Iranians indicate that the ships will have to take an alternative road along the…
Setting up a toll mechanism in the Strait of Ormuz would be "unacceptable", said Thursday the head of French diplomacy, Jean-Noël Barrot, arguing that it would be contrary to international law.
The French Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, said this Thursday that imposing a possible toll on the strategic strait of Ormuz would violate the freedom of navigation and would therefore be “illegal”. “It is not acceptable, because the freedom of navigation in international waters is a common good, a common good of humanity that [...] The entry France states that a toll in the Strait of Ormuz would violate the freedom of navigation…
The French Foreign Minister also condemned the Israeli strikes in Lebanon "closely" this Thursday.
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