Starmer: Coalition working to reopen Hormuz route

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said reopening the Strait of Hormuz is vital for the UK economy, confirming a coalition of countries is working on a reassurance and potential military presence to secure shipping routes.   Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00It is really important that we get the Strait of Hormuz open because that is

00:04directly impacting on our economy in the United Kingdom and that's why in recent

00:09months we've pulled together a group of countries to have a reassurance presence

00:14including a military presence as soon as it's safe to get vessels through. Now

00:20we've discussed that on a number of occasions with a coalition we're

00:25discussing that at the European political community summit here this

00:28afternoon a lot of attention on this because it's having such an impact back

00:33in the United Kingdom.

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