Iran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia has resumed pumping through its East-West Pipeline, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Flows are currently at a reduced level, with crude exports from Yanbu potentially restarting later today.
The pipeline was shut on 13 September after drone attacks disrupted operations and stopped crude shipments from the Red Sea port.
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence issued an all-clear on Tuesday after warning of potential danger in the southern province of Najran.
The agency did not specify the nature of the threat. The alert was issued earlier through the National Early Warning Platform.
The warning comes amid heightened tensions with Yemen’s Houthi group, which has announced a “maritime blockade” on Saudi shipping in the Red Sea and carried out missile and drone attacks on Saudi territory.
Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the U.S. takes initial steps to ease military pressure, Japan’s Kyodo News reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed Iranian official.
The proposal has reportedly been passed to Washington through mediators and includes renewed talks aimed at ending hostilities. Tehran has ruled out a meeting between President Masoud Pezeshkian and Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly this week.
The claim has not been independently verified.
European shares were subdued at open on Tuesday, as investors awaited developments on potential U.S.-Iran talks, while oil prices gained for the first time in five sessions.
Energy stocks gained 0.4 per cent, tracking a rise in oil prices as investors awaited developments on potential U.S.-Iran talks at the United Nations General Assembly this week after more supplies emerged through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend.
A potential danger has passed in Saudi Arabia's Najran region, civil defence said on Tuesday after an earlier alert was issued, amid ongoing hostilities between the kingdom and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged member states to deploy additional naval vessels to help safeguard commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
“The operation needs more naval assets and more air assets to address the increased level of threats in the region,” Kallas told reporters in New York following a meeting of EU foreign ministers held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
The meeting took place ahead of the General Debate of the UN General Assembly, where conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, as well as artificial intelligence and global security challenges, are expected to dominate discussions among world leaders this week in New York.
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that the UK will provide “defensive air-to-air refueling” support to Saudi Arabia following attacks on the country by Yemen’s Houthi group.
Burnham said the decision came after Saudi Arabia requested “military support.” He approved the request on the advice of Secretary of State for Defence Wes Streeting and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband.
Government officials said the support will be “time limited” and is expected, at least initially, to continue “for weeks.”
“We condemn in the strongest terms the unacceptable continued strikes carried out by the Houthis in Yemen and against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” the ministers of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States said in a statement after a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
“We call on the Houthis to immediately cease all military actions, all threats and attacks against civilian shipping, and to return to the political process in good faith.”
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