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UK’s Cooper urges full resumption of shipping through Hormuz Strait

UK’s Cooper urges full resumption of shipping through Hormuz Strait

ANTALYA, April 18 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper ‌said on Saturday ‌the Strait of Hormuz had yet ​to return to normal operations despite a ceasefire in the Iran war, and ‌urged Tehran ⁠to allow global shipping to resume fully.

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"We ⁠are at a critical diplomatic moment with a ​ceasefire now ​in place ... ​but we ‌don't yet have normal passage through the strait", Cooper told Reuters on the sidelines of a diplomacy forum ‌in Antalya.

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She said ​the truce needed ​to ​develop into a ‌lasting peace, adding that ​restoring ​shipping through the waterway was urgent for the ​global ‌economy.

(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing ​by Jonathan Spicer and ​Louise Heavens)