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Iran and Oman Agree on Safe Route for Strait of Hormuz
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In Short: Iran and Oman have reached an agreement on a shipping route map for the Strait of Hormuz, following weeks of negotiations aimed at ensuring safe navigation through the strategic waterway, according to Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei.
Iran and Oman have agreed on a shipping route map for the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway, following intensive negotiations over the past three months, according to Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei.
Baghaei stated that despite US obstruction, positive progress was made in the past three weeks, and the agreement was reached with the coordination of Iran’s Foreign Ministry and the participation of defense, security, and environmental authorities.
However, Tehran and Muscat are still negotiating outstanding issues, including the wording of a joint statement, and exchanges will continue until the process is finalized, Baghaei said.
Baghaei emphasized that the full restoration of security in the strait and the resumption of normal commercial shipping depend on an end to what Iran describes as illegal US actions, military threats, and a naval blockade.
Background
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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- TEHRAN — Iran has reached an agreement with Oman on a shipping route map for the Strait of Hormuz following weeks of technical negotiations aimed at establishing safe navigation through the strategic waterway,…
- Baghaei told Defa Press that Iran and Oman, the two coastal states bordering the strait, began intensive negotiations three months ago following the signing of a June 18 memorandum of understanding aimed at…
- “Despite US obstruction, the talks have made positive progress over the past three weeks, and an agreement has been reached on the shipping route map,” Baghaei said.
- He said the plan resulted from coordination led by Iran’s Foreign Ministry with the participation of the country’s defense, security and environmental authorities.
- Baghaei said Tehran and Muscat were still negotiating outstanding issues, including the wording of a statement to be issued by the two sides, and that exchanges would continue until the process was finalized.
- Baghaei, however, said the full restoration of security in the strait and the resumption of normal commercial shipping depended on an end to what Tehran describes as illegal US actions, military threats and a naval…
- He also said Washington must compensate for what Iran considers breaches of US commitments over the past two months.
- The talks are part of technical negotiations launched under the Iran-US memorandum of understanding, which tasked Tehran and Muscat with developing a new navigation framework for the Strait of Hormuz.