UK PM Starmer Says Work to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Will Not Be NATO-led

13 March 2026, Ireland, Cork: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets student researchers at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork. Photo: Cathal Mcnaughton/PA Wire/dpa
13 March 2026, Ireland, Cork: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets student researchers at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork. Photo: Cathal Mcnaughton/PA Wire/dpa
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UK PM Starmer Says Work to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Will Not Be NATO-led

13 March 2026, Ireland, Cork: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets student researchers at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork. Photo: Cathal Mcnaughton/PA Wire/dpa
13 March 2026, Ireland, Cork: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets student researchers at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork. Photo: Cathal Mcnaughton/PA Wire/dpa

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that ongoing work to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would not be a NATO mission but would involve a broad alliance ‌including Gulf ‌partners as well ‌as ⁠European countries and the ⁠United States.

"We are working with others to come up with a credible plan for the Straits ⁠of Hormuz to ‌ensure ‌that we can reopen shipping and ‌passage through the ‌Strait. Let me be clear, that won't be and it's never been envisioned ‌to be a NATO mission," Starmer told reporters.

"That ⁠will ⁠have to be an alliance of partners, which is why we're working with partners, both in Europe, in the Gulf, and with the US."