Oman’s FM: ‘Working intensively’ for safe passage in Strait of Hormuz

By Lazar Berman

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23 March 2026, 1:41 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

A cargo ship carrying vehicles sails through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz in the United Arab Emirates, March 22, 2026. (AP)

At exactly the same time as US President Donald Trump announces that the US has been holding talks with Iran on a possible end to the war, Oman’s foreign minister says that continuing the war will only cause more economic hardship, and that his country is “working intensively to put in place safe passage arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz.”

“Whatever your view of Iran, this war is not of their making,” writes FM Badr Albusaidi on X. “This is already causing widespread economic problems and I fear they promise to get much worse if the war continues.”