{"id":47893,"date":"2026-04-02T06:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/47893\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:12:06","slug":"why-asean-neutrality-in-iran-war-is-key-to-unlocking-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/47893\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Asean neutrality in Iran war is key to unlocking Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid boiling tensions in the Gulf, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/iran?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iran<\/a> has wielded its control of the strategic channel to choke global oil supplies, especially to the US and its allies. Many countries \u2013 including those from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations \u2013 have turned to diplomatic efforts to secure safe passage for their supply tankers.This week, two <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/indonesia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Indonesian<\/a> vessels \u2013 Pertamina Pride and Gamsunoro \u2013 left the strait after receiving approval from Iranian authorities. The outcome follows diplomatic efforts by Jakarta to negotiate the smooth sailing of tankers carrying crude oil from <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/saudi-arabia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Indonesia\u2019s Foreign Affairs spokesman Vahd Nabyl Achmad Mulachela said communication with Iran had been established since the situation first escalated.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The vessels and their cargo were critical in maintaining Indonesia\u2019s national energy security, according to Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry spokeswoman Dwi Anggia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tankers and cargo ships dock at the oil depot and container terminal of Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta on Tuesday. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aeac4f2a-1858-47c7-9862-e4c559b6abd1_e6b1a369.jpg\" title=\"Tankers and cargo ships dock at the oil depot and container terminal of Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta on Tuesday. Photo: AFP\"\/>Tankers and cargo ships dock at the oil depot and container terminal of Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta on Tuesday. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe Energy Ministry is coordinating intensively with the Foreign Ministry to ensure that Indonesian vessels can transit the Strait of Hormuz safely and smoothly,\u201d Dwi said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid boiling tensions in the Gulf, Iran has wielded its control of the strategic channel to choke global&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[19677,262,38,19679,19680,496,102,2073,34,37,19678,7391,49,19682,19681,101],"class_list":{"0":"post-47893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-strait-of-hormuz","8":"tag-asean","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-dwi-anggia","12":"tag-energy-and-mineral-resources-ministry","13":"tag-gaza","14":"tag-hormuz","15":"tag-indonesia","16":"tag-iran","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-jakarta","19":"tag-malaysia","20":"tag-middle-east","21":"tag-mohammad-boroujerdi","22":"tag-national-university-of-singapore","23":"tag-strait-of-hormuz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116333638052821961","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}