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Starmer: UK working with allies on ‘viable’ plan to reopen Hormuz, won’t enter ‘wider war’
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks from Downing Street in central London on February 28, 2026, following the US and Israel's strikes on Iran. (Jonathan Brady / POOL / AFP)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britain is working with allies to come up with a “viable” plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil conduit effectively shut by Iran in its war with Israel and the US.
“We’re working with all of our allies, including our European partners, to bring together a viable collective plan that can restore freedom of navigation in the region as quickly as possible and ease the economic impacts,” Starmer tells reporters, adding he has discussed the situation with US President Donald Trump.
The UK leader adds that while Britain was “taking the necessary action to defend ourselves and our allies, we will not be drawn into the wider war.”
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