JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump announced that the US Navy would soon begin a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. Quoted from Arab News, Sunday, April 12, the move was delivered after US peace talks with Iran in Pakistan ended without results.
Trump made the statement via social media on Sunday. He said the US Navy would stop ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz, a sea lane through which about 20 percent of the world's oil supplies pass.
"Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the best in the world, will begin the process of blocking any ship trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz," Trump wrote.
According to Arab News, the move shows Washington's efforts to strengthen strategic control over the important waterway. The goal, as stated in the report, is to reduce one of Iran's main economic bargaining resources in the war.
Trump also said he had ordered the US Navy to search for and intercept any ship in international waters that paid a tax to Iran.
"No one who pays illegal taxes will get safe sailing in the open sea," he wrote again.
In addition, Trump emphasized that Iran's nuclear ambitions were at the heart of the failure of efforts to stop the war. He also stated that the US was ready to end the war.
"At the appropriate time, we are fully prepared for combat, and our military will finish off what little remains of Iran," Trump wrote.
It is known that the Strait of Hormuz is an important route for world energy trade because it is used by about 20 percent of global oil supplies.
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