Tehran says future Hormuz arrangements should be made through consultations between Iran and Oman
Baku, July 12, AZERTAC
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Sunday that future arrangements for managing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz should be determined through consultations between Iran and Oman.
Baqaei said discussions held on Saturday in Muscat during Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's visit to Oman focused on arrangements for managing shipping in the strategic waterway, according to the state news agency IRNA.
"Oman and Iran agreed to continue discussions at the political and technical-legal levels to reach a common understanding" regarding shipping security in the Strait of Hormuz, he added.
A delegation from Qatar was also present at some of Saturday's talks, the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy, said Tehran is now in control of the strait.
"We have taken control of the Strait of Hormuz with power, and we will preserve it with power as well," he wrote on X.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said early Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed until further notice amid an exchange of attacks between Tehran and Washington.
In mid-June, Iran and the United States reached a Pakistani-brokered agreement aimed at ending their military conflict and achieving a lasting peace agreement.
Key issues between the parties also include the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most important maritime oil transit route, through which roughly one-fifth of global oil shipments pass.
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