US, UK hold talks on Hormuz ahead of strait-focused defence summit 🚨
Talks between US State Secretary Marco Rubio and UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper have focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz ahead of a meeting of 40 defence ministers on plans to protect shipping in the waterway, according to the US State Department.
UK Defence Secretary John Healey and his French counterpart, Catherine Vautrin, will co-chair the session of coalition partners later today. They are expected to outline military contributions they can make to a defensive mission to safeguard the strait after the war ends.