The new channel will help resolve incidents in the strategic waterway amid conflicting guidance for shipowners
Iran has agreed to set up a ‘hotline’ with the US and other countries to “prevent and resolve any misunderstandings” involving ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has said.
The strait will henceforth be “managed under Iranian arrangements” and will “never return to what it was before the war,” Ghalibaf said on Monday, returning from the first round of talks with the US in Switzerland.
“Problems can arise in the Strait of Hormuz, so we agreed to establish a center and a communications line so that if issues occur, we can resolve them more quickly within a 30-day period,” Ghalibaf was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency.
The communications line will not be used to obtain Iranian permission for passage through the waterway, he added, saying clearance procedures will remain separate. Instead, it will serve as a mechanism for resolving issues involving ships and clarifying potential incidents.
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