British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that he discussed military capabilities and the logistics of moving vessels through the Strait of Hormuz when he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump a day earlier.
“We’ve been pulling together a coalition of countries … working on a political, diplomatic plan, but also looking at military capabilities and … the logistics of actually moving vessels through the Strait,” Starmer said during his visit to the Gulf.
“That was the focus of the discussion last night — reflection on what I’ve been discussing here, but also that focus on a practical plan in relation to navigation through the Strait.”
He did not provide further details.
NATO Question
Asked whether he raised U.S. threats of withdrawing from NATO with Trump, Starmer did not answer directly but said the alliance was in both the United States’ and Europe’s interests.
“NATO is a defensive alliance which, for decades, has kept us much safer than we would otherwise have been,” he said.
Based on reporting by William James for Reuters. Additional analysis by The Credibility News.
