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Yvette Cooper Continues Saudi Visit as Iran Threatens to Block Key Oil Route
Yvette Cooper meets Saudi ministers and Gulf Cooperation Council leaders to discuss Iran's threats after oil prices hit $100 per barrel, UK supports Gulf states militarily and diplomatically.
- Yvette Cooper, UK Foreign Secretary, is continuing a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, arriving on Thursday and staying through Friday; she met senior Saudi ministers and addressed a GCC foreign ministers' meeting in Riyadh.
- Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei's state-TV statement threatened continued disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran has struck at least one ship and continues launching drones and missiles at Israel and others, making many shippers wary.
- Markets have been unnerved by the spike in oil and the lack of a clear plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with oil prices touching 100 dollars per barrel on Thursday.
- The UK is carrying out defensive operations, including RAF jets, as GCC secretary-general Jasem Al-Budaiwi thanked the UK for military and moral support, and UK Defence Secretary John Healey warned Vladimir Putin benefits from Iranian tactics.
- On Friday, U.S. officials vowed to thwart Iran's moves in the strait and sent about 2,500 Marines aboard three warships to join more than 50,000 U.S. troops.
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Yvette Cooper continues Saudi visit as Iran threatens to block key oil route
The Foreign Secretary arrived in the country on Thursday in a show of solidarity with Gulf states hit by Iran’s retaliation to US-Israeli strikes.
·London, United Kingdom
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