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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sophie Wingate

Starmer says Strait of Hormuz must stay open after Iran-US peace deal announced

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the deal (Toby Shepheard/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the US-Iran peace deal as a “hugely important step forward in ending the war” as he stressed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain “fully and permanently open”.

The Prime Minister congratulated Donald Trump and key mediators on the “breakthrough” after the US president said an agreement “is now complete” and the Strait of Hormuz oil and gas shipping route is to be reopened without tolls.

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