EU PLAN FOR STRAIT OF HORMUZ – Model similar to that in Black Sea could be used in the Strait of Hormuz
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday she had discussed with the United Nations the idea of freeing up transport of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz by replicating a deal that gets grain out of Ukraine during wartime.
Under the deal, Ukraine can export grain and related foodstuffs and fertilisers through the Black Sea, and merchant vessels and other civilian vessels are not attacked by Russia.
Kallas said she had spoken to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres about the idea to unblock the strait, currently choked off due to the Iran war.
“I had talks with Antonio Guterres about whether it was possible to also have the same kind of initiative like we had (with) the Black Sea Initiative,” Kallas said.
A U.N. spokesperson acknowledged speculation about a possible U.N.-led initiative around the strait, but cautioned that the “stakes are too high” and that the world body will continue to work “discreetly.”
Guterres is due to travel to Brussels on Tuesday for informal discussions with European officials, Dujarric said
