Kosovo among 35 countries to meet to discuss opening of Hormuz Strait

Kosovo will reportedly be part of the meeting.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the next phase of discussions in joint British and French efforts to secure the waterway would be held Thursday, with Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, together with international leaders.

US President Donald Trump has declared it will be up to other countries to make the straits secure if the US interrupt Tehran's attacks, criticising the European countries' lack of support for his Iran war.

Starmer announced that the meeting will bring together 35 countries to re-evaluate all applicable diplomatic and political measures to restore freedom of navigation, ensure the safety of stranded ships and sailors and to resume the movement of vital goods”.

Summit participants include signatories of one Shared statements on the Strait of Hormuz made on March 19th and those who have joined the statement since: United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Japan, Canada, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Denmark, Latvia, Slovenia, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Czechia, Romania, Bahrain, Lithuania, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, Croatia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Panama, North Macedonia, Nigeria, Montenegro, Albania, the Marshall Islands, Chile and Moldova.

Otherwise, this will be the first time countries gather to discuss a applicable plan to reopen the strait. /Telegraphy/