German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul warned on Sunday against establishing a toll system for the Strait of Hormuz following the end of the US-Iran war, Anadolu reports.
The sea lane, which is crucial for global energy supplies, must remain freely navigable—this is a principle of the law of the sea, the German Press Agency (dpa) cited the minister as saying at a public forum at the Foreign Ministry during the German government’s Open House in Berlin.
Wadephul noted that the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran contains unclear wording, “which at least calls for a degree of skepticism as to whether this is truly 100 percent guaranteed.”
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The German government will place great emphasis on the free passage of the Strait of Hormuz and will also take this into account when deciding whether, when, and how to lift sanctions against Iran, he said.
