“We all agree, of course, that the strait must be reopened. And what I do know is that the allies are cooperating and discussing how to proceed, the best way to achieve that,” said Mark Rutte, who was in northern Norway where the Cold Response exercise is taking place.
For several days now, the US president has been criticizing Washington’s main NATO allies, including France and the United Kingdom, for refusing to help the United States reopen the Strait of Hormuz. This narrow waterway is very important because almost 20 percent of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) passed through it before the war.
The almost complete paralysis of the strategically important Strait of Hormuz has influenced the sharp rise in oil prices in the last two weeks.
On Monday, Donald Trump asked for help from major world powers to guarantee the security of the strait. Yesterday, he called the response of a number of NATO countries, their refusal to help the United States, “a very stupid mistake”, arguing that their help was ultimately unnecessary.
Meanwhile, the US military attacked Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz with bunker-busting bombs.
(Vijesti.ba)
