The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan made a call for international law to be observed in the Gulf as they announced joint efforts to reopen the Straits of Hormuz are in the “preparatory planning” stage.

A coalition of Western nations have expressed their “readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait”. While the joint statement from the governments of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan is couched in the least committal language possible, it is a notable change of direction after a week of the leaders of those same nations rebuffing calls from…

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