The end of impunity in the Gulf? Six countries 'ready to contribute'

Six countries – France, Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan – said on Thursday they were “ready to contribute” to ensuring security in the Strait of Hormuz. The strait is blocked by Iran due to US-Israeli attacks on that country.

“We declare our readiness to contribute to the efforts necessary to guarantee traffic safety in the strait,” the six countries wrote in a joint statement.

They also demanded “an immediate and complete moratorium on attacks against civilian infrastructure, especially oil and gas installations.”

Since the beginning of the war, which began on February 28 with US and Israeli attacks on Iran, Tehran has been disrupting the transit of ships it believes are linked to its enemies and their allies. It also attacks petrochemical installations of the Persian Gulf countries.

Under normal conditions, approximately 20 percent of the world passes through the Strait of Hormuz. world volume of crude oil. Its blockade caused a sharp increase in prices of this raw material around the world. (PAP)

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