US EditionStarmer Says UK Working with Allies on ‘Viable Plan’ to Open Strait of Hormuz
Prime Minister Starmer leads a non-NATO coalition with European and Gulf allies to restore navigation and stabilize oil prices above $100 a barrel.
- On Monday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would work with allies on a 'viable collective plan' to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, acknowledging it 'is not a simple task'.
- Because about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas passes through the strait, Tehran's effective shutting pushed oil prices above $100 a barrel, prompting a 53m package for vulnerable British households using heating oil.
- Operationally, Britain noted it brought its last minehunter home this month but keeps autonomous mine-hunting systems, while assessing collective assets as US President Donald Trump urged warships.
- Reassuringly, Starmer said he spoke to Trump on Sunday night and rejected suggestions their relationship had been damaged, stating they spoke 'in the way that you would expect between two allies and two leaders'.
- Starmer said Britain was 'taking the necessary action to defend ourselves and our allies' while seeking restraint and urging broad allied contributions of military or surveillance assets.
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US' European allies snub Trump's request for support in Strait of Hormuz
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that the United Kingdom will not be drawn into a wider war in West Asia, after US President Donald Trump warned that the future of NATO could be at stake unless allies, including the UK, provide military support in the region.
The United Kingdom is working with allies to develop a viable plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to ease the economic fallout of a war in the Middle East, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today. He stressed that this would not involve NATO. The idea of a possible NATO mission in the Strait was also rejected in Berlin today.
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The United Kingdom is negotiating with its European allies to implement as soon as possible a "viable plan" in the Strait of Ormuz to ensure the safety of maritime traffic. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has insisted on the need to de-escalate the conflict in Iran and to regain stability in the region to prevent further oil price hikes, which are already having an impact on British consumers’ bills. Continue reading....
UK and allies working on viable plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz but no NATO mission — Prime Minister Keir Starmer - Newsy People
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said Britain is working with international partners to develop a plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but stressed that the effort will not involve the NATO military alliance. Speaking during a press conference at 10 Downing Street, Starmer said the situation in the crucial oil transport corridor had been discussed with Donald Trump. The waterway, which carries a significant share of the world’s oil ship…
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