00:00Firstly, we are working with others to come up with a credible plan for the Straits of Hormuz
00:07to ensure that we can reopen shipping and passage through the strait.
00:14Let me be clear, that won't be, and it's never been envisaged to be, a NATO mission.
00:19That'll have to be an alliance of partners, which is why we're working with partners both in Europe, in the
00:26Gulf and with the US.
00:27It's important that we continue that. It is not straightforward, and you can see that historically when there have been
00:35other conflicts that have affected the Straits.
00:38But I do think that working with others, including the US, is the way to go forward, and I had
00:44a perfectly good discussion with President Trump about that yesterday.
00:47And of course, as you'd expect, we are talking to the US at all levels all the time, and whether
00:54it's the US, whether it's Europe, whether it's Gulf partners,
00:57we are trying to pull together both partners and a plan in relation to the Straits.
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