DUBAI: Arab nations have condemned the latest Iranian attacks against UAE commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, in what was described as a threat to maritime safety and security.
Two tankers linked to UAE-based ADNOC were targeted on Thursday, the second such incident involving ADNOC vessels in less than a week. Tehran has imposed an effective blockade of the crucial waterway, and reducing shipping traffic through one of the world’s major energy transit routes to a trickle.
In a statement, the Saudi foreign ministry denounced the “unacceptable recurrence of Iranian attacks targeting ships and commercial tankers” and that the repetition of these attacks “represents a dangerous escalation, a direct threat to the safety and security of maritime navigation, and to global energy supply security.”
Qatar, Jordan and Egypt, in separate statements, also affirmed their solidarity with the UAE and full support for all measures the Emirates has taken “to protect its security, stability, and resources.”
Qatar’s foreign ministry stressed a “categorical rejection of using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool of pressure and calls for its unconditional reopening.”
