Turkey and Iran discuss Strait of Hormuz and Iran-US ceasefire
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and maintaining an Iran-US ceasefire with Abbas Araqchi.
Ankara, Turkey. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz and ensure the continuation of a ceasefire between Iran and the United States during a call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Monday, a Turkish diplomatic source said.
Call between foreign ministers
The Turkish diplomatic source did not provide further details of the conversation between Fidan and Araqchi.
Iranian position
Earlier, a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran had decided to shift its policy from defensive to “fully offensive” because of a deadlock in efforts to agree on a permanent end to its war with the United States.
The official said progress towards peace talks and the resumption of oil tanker traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz had come to a halt.
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