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Shafaq News- Hormuz
Around 60 commercial
vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, carrying about 22 million
barrels of oil out of the waterway —the highest daily volume since early July,
a US official told Reuters.
The official said
around 40 of the vessels coordinated with the US military for protection during
their transit.
The Strait of Hormuz
has become a central issue in efforts to end the nearly seven-month US-Iran
war. Before the conflict began on February 28, about 125 large commercial
vessels typically crossed the strait each day. The waterway carried roughly 20%
of the world’s daily crude oil and liquefied natural gas supply.
US and Iranian
negotiators in New York are also exploring a phased agreement under which
Tehran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and Washington would lift its economic
blockade on Iran, sources close to the talks told Reuters.
Meanwhile, Bahrain’s
Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani read a joint statement at the
UN on behalf of around 80 countries calling for the urgent reopening of the
Strait of Hormuz and condemning Iran’s actions in the waterway.
The statement warned
that disruption to navigation threatened international security, trade and
energy supplies.
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