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Video. Over 40 countries launch coalition to secure Strait of Hormuz

Updated: 02/04/2026 - 19:07 GMT+2

The multinational coalition will pursue "the collective mobilisation of our full range of diplomatic and economic tools" to enable a "safe and sustained opening" of the Strait of Hormuz, said the British foreign secretary.

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