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British FM says Hormuz passage not at normal levels, Iran truce needs to become lasting peace
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British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, centre, arrives for bilateral talks and a multinational virtual summit at the Elysee Presidential Palace, Paris, April 17, 2026. (Tom Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP)
ANTALYA, Turkey — British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the Strait of Hormuz had yet to return to normal operations despite a ceasefire in the Iran war, and urged Tehran to allow global shipping to resume fully.
“We are at a critical diplomatic moment with a ceasefire now in place … but we don’t yet have normal passage through the strait,” Cooper tells Reuters on the sidelines of a diplomacy forum in Antalya.
She says the truce needed to develop into a lasting peace, adding that restoring shipping through the waterway was urgent for the global economy.
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