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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
NEW YORK, March 3 (Xinhua) — US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary.
"If necessary, the US Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible," he said in a social media post.
He said he had ordered the US-based International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide so-called political risk insurance and guarantees for maritime trade, particularly energy trade, that "passes through the Persian Gulf."
The Strait of Hormuz, located between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, serves as the only maritime outlet from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, cementing its status as one of the most strategically important waterways in the world.
Iranian media reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, declaring the crucial oil and gas waterway unsafe due to attacks by the US and Israel. –0–
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