Pakistan, the main mediator between the US and Iran, supported the “restoration of the status quo” for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi told reporters in Islamabad on Wednesday.
However, he acknowledged Iran and Oman’s bid to claim the vital waterway and said Islamabad would “support regional efforts” in this regard.
“Pakistan supports the restoration of the previous status quo in the Strait of Hormuz,” Andrabi said, referring to the conditions before the US and Israel launched a joint war against Iran. Before the conflict, navigation on international waterways was free and unrestricted. Its de facto closure by Iran in retaliation for the war led to a sharp rise in world gas and oil prices.
Iran and Oman have said they will introduce a new system as two countries with a coastline in the strait to control maritime traffic after the current 60-day negotiation period between Washington and Tehran, which could include “costs” for shippers.
“We have taken note of the talks, at least the press release about the talks, between Iran and Oman on this topic,” Andrabi said on Wednesday. “We will support regional efforts and with a spirit of regional ownership in this process, especially the littoral states to the Persian Gulf as such.”
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He said that the countries of the “Quarter” – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt – “will obviously support any regional solution to this issue, especially with regard to respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and natural maritime boundaries of the coastal states to the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.”