The UAE Foreign Ministry announced the readiness of 22 countries to protect the Strait of Hormuz.

The leaders of 22 countries are ready to do their part to protect security in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz from Iran's actions. This was announced on March 21 by the press service of the UAE Foreign Ministry, the corresponding statement was published on the official website of the department.

"A joint statement by the leaders of the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Canada, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Denmark, Latvia, Slovenia, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Bahrain, Lithuania and Australia. <...> We strongly condemn the recent attacks. Iran's attack on unarmed commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf, <...> as well as the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian troops," the publication says.

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