UK Hosts 36-Country Summit to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

The UK is hosting on Thursday a virtual meeting of senior officials from three dozen countries -- with the notable exception of the United States -- to discuss ways and measures to seek to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. The meeting, which will be chaired by the UK’s Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, “will assess all viable diplomatic and political measures we can take to restore freedom of navigation, guarantee the safety of trapped ships and seafarers and to resume the movement of vital commodities,” the UK’s Prime Minister…