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UK to call for toll-free Strait of Hormuz, wants Lebanon in ceasefire deal

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09-04-2026 | 02:19

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UK to call for toll-free Strait of Hormuz, wants Lebanon in ceasefire deal

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will say on Thursday that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries around a fifth of the world's oil and gas, must be toll-free, countering a push by Iran to control the vital waterway.

Iran has said it wants to charge fees ⁠for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Before the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, the strait was formally treated as an international waterway.

"The fundamental freedoms of the seas must not be unilaterally withdrawn or sold off to individual bidders. Nor can there be any place ⁠for tolls on an international waterway. Freedom of navigation means navigation must be free," Cooper will say in an annual foreign policy speech at ⁠Mansion House in London, according to advance extracts.

Cooper will also repeat calls by world leaders for Lebanon to ⁠be included in a two-week ceasefire agreed between Iran and the U.S. on Tuesday.

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