As pressure dey increase over di closure of Strait of Hormuz by Iran, 40 kontris, including Nigeria, yesterday hold virtual talk to find ways to restore freedom of navigation through dis important shipping route.

Di virtual meeting wey dem organise at di request of British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, come afta United States President, Donald Trump, talk say e dey consider withdrawing im kontri from North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) becos di alliance refuse to support di war, and e even vow more aggressive strikes on Iran.

Iran retaliatory attacks on commercial ships, and di threat of more, don stop nearly all traffic for di strait wey connect Gulf to di rest of di world oceans, closing critical path for di world oil flow and making petroleum prices shoot up.

Some of di kontris wey participate for di talks including UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan, and United Arab Emirates, don sign statement demanding say Iran stop dia attempts to block di strait and dem pledge to “contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage” through di waterway.

Odas, according to Al Jazeera, na di Scandinavian kontris (Sweden, Norway and Denmark), Baltic kontris (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Bahrain, Panama, and Nigeria, among odas.

UK Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, wey chair di meeting, condemn “Iranian recklessness” for “hitting global economic security”, e add say UK dey try to lead diplomatic initiative to restore access to di maritime route wey Iran dey target as retaliation for di US-Israeli campaign against am.

She talk say there don be more dan 25 attacks on vessels for di strait and 20,000 seafarers trapped on 2,000 ships.

As she dey speak before di virtual meeting, she talk say military planners dey gather to look at how to remove mines from di strait as part of efforts to secure di vital sea passage, according to Press Association news agency report.