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NATO chief: Reopening Strait of Hormuz under US-Iran deal will be ‘massive step forward’
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivers a statement during a press conference before a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on November 18, 2024. (Omar Havana/AP)
NATO chief Mark Rutte hails the US-Iran deal to end the Middle East war, saying the planned reopening of the Strait of Hormuz would be a “massive step forward.”
“The restoration of free passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be a massive step forward, and I know that many allies, through the initiative led by France and the United Kingdom, are ready to support,” Rutte tells a press conference in Brussels.
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