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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

UK’s lead role on Strait of Hormuz highlights ‘mindset shift’, says Nato chief

Britain is “stepping up” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, says a defence minister amid the fragile ceasefire agreed by Donald Trump and Iran.

The UK has put itself at the helm of efforts to establish an international coalition to force Tehran to allow tankers to freely pass through the key strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas is transported.

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