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Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper insists Iran cannot "impose tolls on" the Strait of Hormuz as she calls for the full and toll-free reopening of the shipping lane.
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00:00Well, I think this is a fundamental principle of freedom of navigation.
00:03And whether it's the Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar,
00:08this is about international shipping lanes that transit routes that link the high seas.
00:13In the case of the Strait of Hormuz, this is the trading route for Qatar, for Kuwait, for Bahrain, for
00:19UAE.
00:20And therefore, this is not something that unilaterally, going against the law of the sea,
00:26Iran can just impose tolls on.
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