As Trump and Xi meet, world leaders reaffirm call for security in Strait of Hormuz 🚨
As US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Jinping met in Beijing on Thursday, a group of world leaders restated their call for the Strait of Hormuz to return to normal operations.
In a statement, the leaders affirmed their “commitment to using collective diplomatic, economic, and military capabilities to support freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.”
“Navigation must be free, as per the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and international law,” the statement read. It pledged support for “an independent and strictly defensive multinational military mission” to achieve that goal, including by conducting “mine clearance operations.”
The message came from 26 countries, including Britain, France, Bahrain, Canada, Germany, Japan, Qatar and South Korea.
The Strait of Hormuz was a topic of discussion between Xi and Trump on Thursday. According to Trump, Xi “would like to see the Hormuz Strait open” and offered help to reach a deal with Iran, which has asserted control over the waterway.
The multinational mission would “complement ongoing diplomatic engagement and de-escalation efforts,” the leaders said in the statement Thursday. The initiative would launch only in a “permissive environment,” the statement said. The British Defense Ministry has previously said that the operation would proceed “as soon as conditions permit, following a sustainable ceasefire agreement.”
The signatories of the statement expressed their “political support” for the mission while noting the existence of “necessary national caveats and parliamentary procedures” for each country.
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