The US and its Gulf allies are pressing the UN to demand that Iran end its blockage of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been largely cut off since the war broke out on Feb 28 after US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been largely cut off since the war broke out on Feb 28 after US and Israeli attacks on Iran .
WASHINGTON: The US and its Gulf allies pressed the UN yesterday to demand that Iran end its blockage of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, as a resolution on the issue faced a veto threat. Diplomatic sources said veto-holding Russia, a key ally of Iran, had warned on Wednesday it was prepared to block the UN Security Council resolution.
US ambassador Mike Waltz - speaking yesterday alongside counterparts from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait- argued the issue had global consequences.
'We believe in some basic fundamental principles, namely the freedom of navigation for the entire world's economies,' Waltz said. 'That's what's at stake here, nothing less than a cornerstone of worldwide stability and commerce,' he said. A draft resolution from the US and Bahrain, seen by AFP, demands that Iran halt its attacks and threats against commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
It also orders Iran to not charge tolls on the passage, to specify where it has placed mines, and allow for the creation of a humanitarian corridor for shipments of fertilizer, amid fears of global food shortages. A fifth of the world's oil supplies and a third of the global fertiliser shipments normally pass through the Strait of Hormuz, but shipping has been largely cut off since the war broke out on Feb 28 with US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Iran's UN ambassador blasted the draft resolution as a 'flawed, politically motivated' text that would not resolve the crisis. Passing the resolution would 'establish a dangerous precedent for legitimising unilateral coercive measures and unlawful actions by the US against the sovereignty and sovereign rights of coastal states,' said Amir Saeid Iravani. In mid-March the council passed a strongly worded resolution urging Iran to stop attacking its Gulf neighbours and condemning its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
Russia and China abstained in that vote. However, in early April they vetoed a text urging countries to coordinate their efforts in a 'defensive' way to ensure free navigation through the strait.
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