{"id":91835,"date":"2026-04-30T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/91835\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:31:09","slug":"u-s-seeks-new-coalition-to-free-up-ships-in-hormuz-internal-cable-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/91835\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. seeks new coalition to free up ships in Hormuz, internal cable says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tankers and bulk carriers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on April 18.Asghar Besharati\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration is seeking the participation of other countries to form an international coalition to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a State Department cable seen by Reuters.<\/p>\n

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved the creation of the Maritime Freedom Construct (MFC), the cable dated April 28 said, which it described as a joint initiative by the State Department and the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MFC constitutes a critical first step in the establishment of a post-conflict maritime security architecture for the Middle East. This framework is essential to ensuring long-term energy security, protecting critical maritime infrastructure, and maintaining navigational rights and freedoms in vital sea lanes,\u201d the cable said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada has been clear that free and open access through the Strait of Hormuz is necessary under international law and critical to stabilizing energy markets and supply. We support efforts to achieve these ends, consistent with the rules of international engagement,\u201d Global Affairs Canada said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs ceasefire negotiations continue, Canada is intensifying co-ordination with allies and partners about their direct security needs, and we are prepared to support where Canadian capabilities can meaningfully contribute to civilian and maritime security. The best prospect for peace is to refrain from escalatory action and to secure a negotiated end to the conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump faces Friday deadline to end Iran war or ask Congress to approve extending it<\/a><\/p>\n

The component of the initiative led by the State Department would serve as the diplomatic hub between partner countries and the shipping industry, while the Pentagon component operating out of CENTCOM headquarters in Florida would co-ordinate real-time maritime traffic and communicate directly with vessels transiting the Strait, the cable said.<\/p>\n

The story was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

U.S. embassies should deliver the demarche orally to partner nations by May 1, but not to Russia, China, Belarus, Cuba and \u201cother U.S. adversaries,\u201d said the cable.<\/p>\n

Participation could be in the form of diplomacy, information sharing, sanctions enforcement, naval presence or other forms of support, it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome all levels of engagement and do not expect your country to shift naval assets and resources away from existing regional maritime constructs and organizations,\u201d the cable said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MFC is distinct from the President\u2019s Maximum Pressure campaign and from ongoing negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Traffic through the strait, which used to carry one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil and gas, has slowed to a trickle since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran<\/a> on Feb. 28 and Tehran blockaded the waterway.<\/p>\n

The proposal from the U.S. follows a deadlock in efforts to resolve the conflict, which has also led the United States to try to squeeze Iran\u2019s oil exports with a naval blockade of Iran\u2019s ports. (Reporting by Mihika Sharma in Bengaluru and Humeyra Pamuk in Washington; Writing by Raju Gopalakrishnan, Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Neil Fullick)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Tankers and bulk carriers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on April 18.Asghar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[950,936,951,158,928,952,949,927,942,943,939,929,926,147,948,703,941,934,963,930,931,394,102,937,938,674,953,345,958,959,961,956,960,954,957,932,945,946,81,944,955,935,101,947,462,940,933,82,962],"class_list":{"0":"post-91835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-strait-of-hormuz","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-canada","15":"tag-canada-news","16":"tag-canada-sports","17":"tag-canada-sports-news","18":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","19":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","20":"tag-canadian-news","21":"tag-economy","22":"tag-education","23":"tag-environment","24":"tag-federal-government","25":"tag-foreign-news","26":"tag-globe-and-mail","27":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","29":"tag-government","30":"tag-hormuz","31":"tag-life-news","32":"tag-lifestyle","33":"tag-local-news","34":"tag-manitoba","35":"tag-national-news","36":"tag-new-brunswick","37":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","38":"tag-northwest-territories","39":"tag-nova-scotia","40":"tag-nunavut","41":"tag-ontario","42":"tag-pei","43":"tag-photos","44":"tag-political-news","45":"tag-political-opinion","46":"tag-politics","47":"tag-politics-news","48":"tag-quebec","49":"tag-sports-news","50":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","51":"tag-technology","52":"tag-travel","53":"tag-trudeau","54":"tag-us-news","55":"tag-world-news","56":"tag-yukon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91835","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=91835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}