Gulf states are stepping up efforts to reintroduce a draft resolution aimed at securing freedom of maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and protecting international waterways. They are also intensifying efforts to persuade Russia and China not to use their veto power against a US-Gulf draft proposal calling on Iran to halt attacks on ships and prevent any attempt to obstruct transit passage or freedom of navigation, according to a Gulf official who spoke to Al Arabiya in Riyadh.
The official also said Iran now faces the “burden of restoring trust with GCC states.”
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Dr. Abdulaziz Aluwaisheg, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Negotiations at the Gulf Cooperation Council, said Gulf states are active at the UN Security Council following the Russian-Chinese veto of a draft resolution submitted by the United States and Gulf states on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
The draft resolution seeks to impose measures against any actions that undermine navigational rights and freedoms or obstruct transit passage and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb.
