UK to host meeting of 35 countries on reopening Strait of Hormuz

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Apr 01, 2026 · 498 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

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UK to host meeting of 35 countries on reopening Strait of Hormuz Before talks with 35 countries, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says reopening strait ‘will not be easy’.

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What happened

UK to host meeting of 35 countries on reopening Strait of Hormuz Before talks with 35 countries, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says reopening strait ‘will not be easy’.

Why it matters

The United Kingdom will convene talks with dozens of countries on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced, as the US-Israeli war on Iran has effectively shuttered the critical Gulf waterway.

Common ground

Speaking during a news conference on Wednesday, Starmer said UK Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper would host a virtual meeting of 35 countries on Thursday to assess measures to reopen the strait “after the fighting has stopped”.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: UK to host meeting of 35 countries on reopening Strait of Hormuz?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that 'all those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom' should either buy from the US or 'build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT'?
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Claim 1: “Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that 'all those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom' should either buy from the US or 'build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT'”

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Claim 2: “Starmer said on Wednesday that countries that recently signed a statement saying they were ready 'to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz' would take part in this week’s talks”

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Claim 3: “The UK and other European countries have faced condemnation from US President Donald Trump”

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Claim 4: “The Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquified natural gas supplies transit”

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Claim 5: “The closure has sent global energy prices soaring”

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Claim 6: “The meeting will 'assess all viable diplomatic and political measures that we can take to restore freedom of navigation, guarantee the safety of trapped ships and seafarers and resume the movement of vital commodities'”

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Claim 7: “The United Kingdom will convene talks with dozens of countries on reopening the Strait of Hormuz”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has led to what the International Energy Agency has characterized as the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_2026_Ir…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for global energy trade, has experienced ongoing geopolitical and economic disruption since 28 February 2026, following joint military strikes by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In military strategy, a choke point (or chokepoint), or sometimes bottleneck, is a geographical feature on land such as a valley, defile, isthmus or bridge, or maritime passage through a critical wate…
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Claim 8: “UK to host meeting of 35 countries on reopening Strait of Hormuz”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started an armed conflict with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Irania…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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Claim 9: “Countries around the world have raised serious concerns about Iran’s effective closure of the strait”

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Claim 10: “Before talks with 35 countries, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says reopening strait ‘will not be easy’”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Starmer

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the list of international prime ministerial trips made by Keir Starmer, who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 5 July 2024. Keir Starmer has made 41 international trips t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Victoria Starmer (née Alexander; born 1973 or 1974) is a British occupational health administrator and former solicitor. She is married to Keir Starmer, who has been Prime Minister of the United Kingd…
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Claim 11: “The closure has sent global energy prices soaring and pushed nations to announce that they would release some of their strategic oil and gas reserves”

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