Asia & Pacific
Timor Leste's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Vietnam Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Brunei Foreign Minister Abdul Mateen Bolkiah, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono, Laos Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, Myanmar Permanent Secretary Hau Khan Sum and ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn join hands during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting on July 22 in Pasay, Metro Manila. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
ASEAN on Thursday called for the restoration of safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz, expressing deep concern over the situation as the Asia-Pacific's largest multilateral security dialogue unfolded in Manila.In a joint communiqué issued during the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM), the bloc cited international laws governing civil aviation, maritime navigation and maritime safety, urging all parties to comply with them.
“We called for the restoration of the safe, unimpeded and continuous transit passage of vessels and aircraft in the Strait of Hormuz in line with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, as well as for all parties to ensure the safety of seafarers and ships,” the foreign ministers said.
