Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that his country’s commitment to achieving peace and stability in the region is accompanied by intensive and sustained diplomatic efforts with neighboring countries.
He emphasized that consultations held by Tehran with officials from Pakistan and Oman focused on the necessity of reaching practical and sustainable regional solutions.
In a post on the X platform, Araghchi explained that the proposals include establishing a new shipping lane, conducting joint mine-clearing operations, and developing future arrangements for managing the Strait of Hormuz.
He considered these steps to reflect an approach based on regional cooperation and a practical approach to addressing the challenges facing navigation in this vital waterway.
The Sultanate of Oman and Iran announced that their foreign ministers held consultations on ways to resume safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
They discussed a phased framework aimed at providing a practical and implementable basis for addressing the repercussions of the current situation in the waterway, given the war and its consequences.
According to a joint statement, the proposed framework includes the establishment of a temporary, joint shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, enabling the resumption of safe and orderly navigation.
It also includes an agreement to implement a joint project to clear the waterway of mines and secure it for shipping.
This comes at a time of increasing regional efforts to contain the repercussions of the war and ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategically important waterways, through joint arrangements focused on reducing risks and creating the conditions for the return of safe navigation.
