Muted response as Trump urges nations to escort ships through Hormuz Strait
Al Jazeera
The US president’s call for allied naval forces comes as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says, ‘Let him send his ships’.
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that countries send their warships alongside US naval forces to keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and safe” has brought no immediate commitments, as oil prices soar due to the US and Israel’s war on Iran.
“Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint will send ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a nation that has been totally decapitated,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.
US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright told the NBC broadcaster on Sunday that he has been “in dialogue” with some of the countries Trump mentioned and that he expected that China “will be a constructive partner” in reopening the Hormuz Strait.
But countries have made no promises.
Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for China’s Embassy in the US, said that “all parties have the responsibility to ensure stable and unimpeded energy supply”, and that China would “strengthen communication with relevant parties” for de-escalation.
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