The United States and Gulf nations are drafting a UN Security Council resolution designed to condemn Iran for blocking the Strait of Hormuz in response to the US-Israeli bombing campaign, Reuters reports citing Washington’s Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz.
Waltz says negotiations will take place this week on the resolution, which comes after permanent Security Council members Russia and China blocked a resolution last month that Washington hoped would galvanise international efforts to restore freedom of navigation of the waterway.
The US is co-drafting the new resolution with Bahrain with input from Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, Waltz tells reporters, adding that it is expected to require Iran to cease attacks on merchant shipping and attempts to impose tolls on shipping in the strait
It is further expected that it will demand that Iran stop placing sea mines and disclose the locations of mines.
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