US EditionStarmer and Trump discuss ‘importance’ of reopening Strait of Hormuz
Starmer and Trump discussed deploying naval assets like minehunting drones to end Iran's blockade disrupting shipping and raising global energy prices, UK officials said.
- Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump discussed the importance of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to end disruption to global shipping.
- Tehran's blockade of oil tankers passing through the Strait has driven energy prices up worldwide.
- Minesweeping drones were one option the UK considered sending to the strait to unblock Iran's stranglehold.
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US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed the blockade of Hormus's oil-trading road. Starmer and Trump had "discussed the ongoing situation in the Middle East and the importance of reopening Hormus's road to end the disruption of global shipping," said a spokesperson for the British Prime Minister's office on Sunday.Trump had demanded that other states secure shipping through Hormus's oil-supply-related road dur…
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