Great Britain and five other countries are ready to help ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The countries write this in a joint statement.
- We express our willingness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the strait, it says.
In addition to Great Britain, the countries behind the statement are France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan. It is not immediately clear how the countries will more specifically help secure the passage.
In the statement, the countries condemn the Iranian attacks on unarmed ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the de facto closure of the strait, and attacks on civilian infrastructure, including oil and gas installations.
They also praise the decision by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to release a total of 400 million barrels of oil from the oil reserves of its member countries.
The release of the oil is being done to replace some of the oil that cannot escape through the Strait of Hormuz, which separates Iran and the Arabian Peninsula and is important for the transport of oil from the Middle East. The strait has been practically closed to shipping traffic since the war between Iran on the one hand and Israel and the United States on the other broke out on February 28, and after the Revolutionary Guard in Iran took control of the strait.
The six countries elaborate in the joint statement that the countries will take "other steps" to stabilize energy markets. Among other things, they will cooperate with certain "producing countries" to increase production. The statement does not elaborate on which countries are in question.
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