Tehran is prepared to allow Japanese-related ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway through which 93% of Japan¡¯s imported crude oil flows, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said in an interview.
Discussions with Japan on the matter have already begun, according to a transcript of Araghchi¡¯s interview with Kyodo News . Araghchi said the issue had been raised during his phone call last Tuesday with Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.
Speaking on a TV program Sunday, Motegi declined to go into detail about the phone call but said their discussion had ¡°centered on the fact that halting trade ¡ª including container shipments ¡ª is not a good thing.¡±
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