'International community absent': Saudi Arabia demands protection for key West Asia shipping routes at UN

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Bin Farhan called for "the return of conditions in the Strait of Hormuz to what they were before February 28, without imposing any fees or taxes."
45% : He further stated that the kingdom would not accept any party using these vital passages as a means of exerting pressure or inflicting harm on the interests of other states, stressing that such actions must remain "consistent with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.
44% : Since the US and Israel launched their war against Iran in late February, Tehran has interfered with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, while Houthi forces allied with Iran in Yemen have since done the same in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, both essential corridors for global energy exports.
42% : Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan told the UN General Assembly that global powers had failed to meet their obligations in confronting threats to international peace and security.
32% : Saudi Arabia's foreign minister told the UN General Assembly that blocking key West Asia waterways threatens global energy security, demanding a return to pre-war conditions in the Strait of Hormuz just after Trump rejected Iran's reopening proposal Saudi Arabia warned the United Nations on Saturday that efforts to block critical waterways across West Asia pose a threat to global energy security, calling on the international community to take stronger action to safeguard freedom of navigation.

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