US EditionStarmer Says UK Working with Allies on ‘Viable Plan’ to Open Strait of Hormuz
Prime Minister Starmer leads a non-NATO coalition with European and Gulf allies to restore navigation and stabilize oil prices above $100 a barrel.
- On Monday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would work with allies on a 'viable collective plan' to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, acknowledging it 'is not a simple task'.
- Because about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas passes through the strait, Tehran's effective shutting pushed oil prices above $100 a barrel, prompting a 53m package for vulnerable British households using heating oil.
- Operationally, Britain noted it brought its last minehunter home this month but keeps autonomous mine-hunting systems, while assessing collective assets as US President Donald Trump urged warships.
- Reassuringly, Starmer said he spoke to Trump on Sunday night and rejected suggestions their relationship had been damaged, stating they spoke 'in the way that you would expect between two allies and two leaders'.
- Starmer said Britain was 'taking the necessary action to defend ourselves and our allies' while seeking restraint and urging broad allied contributions of military or surveillance assets.
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US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker called on allies to join in unblocking the Strait of Hormuz.
Starmer pushes for ‘viable plan’ on Iran amid pressure from Trump
When Donald Trump was asked whether he thought the UK would be involved in an operation to clear the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, he said “Yeah, maybe”, before going on to criticise Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer said the government was working with allies on a “viable plan” to ease the crisis, but wouldn’t allow the country to be drawn into a wider war.
Keir Starmer does not want to send British ships to secure this vital maritime route, in the midst of conflict in the Middle East. He advocates a collective solution to reopen the Strait.
US' European allies snub Trump's request for support in Strait of Hormuz
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that the United Kingdom will not be drawn into a wider war in West Asia, after US President Donald Trump warned that the future of NATO could be at stake unless allies, including the UK, provide military support in the region.
The United Kingdom is working with allies to develop a viable plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to ease the economic fallout of a war in the Middle East, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today. He stressed that this would not involve NATO. The idea of a possible NATO mission in the Strait was also rejected in Berlin today.
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