Politics · 11 April 2026
UK to host fresh coalition meeting opposing Iranian tolls on Hormuz shipping
Britain will convene another planning meeting next week of countries working to restore free shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, with a focus on opposing Iran's attempts to charge tolls for passage. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said 'the fundamental freedoms of the seas must not be sold off to individual bidders' and that there can be 'no place for tolls on an international waterway.'
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