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Maritime official: Naval escorts will not guarantee safe passage through Strait of Hormuz
The head of the International Maritime Organization has said that naval escorts through the Strait of Hormuz will not “100 percent guarantee” the safety of ships attempting to transit the waterway, the Financial Times reports.
Military assistance is “not a long-term or sustainable solution” to opening up the strait, Arsenio Dominguez tells FT.
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