The Korea Times
Korea will attend a multilateral meeting this week on joint efforts to stabilize the Strait of Hormuz, including ways to ensure free and safe passage through the waterway in the event of an end to the Middle East conflict, officials said Tuesday. The online meeting, set for late Wednesday (Seoul time), is a follow-up to the Britain-led ministerial meeting of more than 40 countries that took place earlier this month regarding the maritime chokepoint where thousands of vessels and crew remain stranded. Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Eui-hae will participate in the virtual gathering, which will be led by Britain and France. "While it is difficult to speed up discussions since the conflict has yet to come to an end, the objective of the meeting is to identify concrete measures to stabilize the strait after the conflict, through coordination in diplomatic and military tracks," a foreign ministry official said. Following the last meeting on April 2, the participants called for an "immediate and unconditional" reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and discussed possible collective action, including
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