<\/p>\n
Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have encouraged countries to coordinate defensive efforts\u00a0on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, amid concerns that it would have tacitly condoned military action in the waterway.<\/p>\n
The resolution garnered 11 votes in favour, but failed because Russia and China \u2013 as permanent veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council \u2013 were opposed.<\/p>\n
Read:
Trump ramps up threats to \u2018take out\u2019 Iran before Tuesday deadline
Trump insists on Hormuz opening
Oil rises a third day as Trump threats escalate before deadline
Trump reiterates threat to destroy Iran as deadline nears
Brace for impact: What happens if the Bab el-Mandeb Strait closes?<\/p>\n
The vote followed days of negotiations and pressure from a number of Gulf countries to restore free passage in the strait.<\/p>\n
The document, put forward by Bahrain, would have encouraged countries to \u201ccoordinate efforts, defensive in nature, commensurate to the circumstances,\u201d to ensure security of navigation through the strait.<\/p>\n
The vote came about eight hours before US President Donald Trump\u2019s 8pm deadline on Tuesday [2am on Wednesday in South Africa] for Iran to reopen the strait.<\/p>\n
Trump has threatened to order airstrikes on the country\u2019s civilian infrastructure if Tehran fails to comply.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the council just after the vote, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz \u2013 who supported the motion \u2013 threatened Iran and referred to the hostage crisis of 1979 by saying \u201cthe Iranian regime\u2019s first act was to take dozens of Americans hostage\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, it\u2019s taking the Strait of Hormuz hostage \u2013 and with it, attempting to take the world\u2019s economy hostage,\u201d Waltz said.<\/p>\n
ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n
CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, colleagues, that may be its last act. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n
For and against<\/p>\n
Global energy prices have soared since threats of Iranian retaliation effectively shuttered the Strait of Hormuz in late February following the US and Israeli strikes that opened the current war against Tehran. The route normally carries one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil and liquefied natural gas exports.<\/p>\n
Trump has repeatedly demanded the strait be reopened as part of talks to end the now six-week-long conflict.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the Tuesday evening deadline, Trump wrote on social media that a \u201cwhole civilization will die tonight\u201d if Iran didn\u2019t capitulate.<\/p>\n
Amid the threats, Iran has tightened its grip, imposed a fee system on the waterway and continued to attack the energy infrastructure in nearby Gulf nations.<\/p>\n
Russia, which is allied with Iran, expressed its disapproval with the resolution on Friday, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying it would disrupt \u201cvery fragile chances for negotiations\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2018Carte blanche\u2019 for aggression<\/p>\n
At the Security Council session on Tuesday, Russia\u2019s Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya, echoed those remarks.<\/p>\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n
CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n
Nebenzya said\u00a0the vetoed resolution would have set a dangerous precedent and granted \u201ccarte blanche\u201d for continued aggression and escalation in Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat this would imply, from the legal standpoint as well as the implications for the situation on the ground, is clear to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially at a time when we hear statements from the US president about the readiness to destroy Iran if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened.\u201d<\/p>\n
The resolution was initially intended to authorise the use of force in order to help reopen the strait, but Bahrain watered down some of its language in an effort to head off possible vetoes.<\/p>\n
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have considered joining the US and Israeli war as Iran continues to strike major energy facilities and keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, Bloomberg has previously reported.<\/p>\n
Last week, the UAE called on the UN to authorise a range of measures \u2013 including force \u2013 to reopen the strait.<\/p>\n
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres argued for freedom of navigation last week, telling reporters that \u201cwhen the Strait of Hormuz is strangled, the world\u2019s poorest and most vulnerable cannot breathe\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u00a9\u00a02026\u00a0Bloomberg L.P.<\/p>\n
#resolution #coordinated #efforts #reopen #Strait #Hormuz #fails<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have encouraged countries…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[7481,771,4585,504,3143,6807,503],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}