JUST-IN: Trump Says Strait Of Hormuz To Reopen ‘soon’ As US, Iran Head To Talks

Donald Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will reopen “fairly soon” with or without Iran’s assistance, as Tehran’s effective blockade of the waterway continues to disrupt energy supplies worldwide.

The president said the US would “open up the Gulf” and that other countries were ready to “help out”.

It won’t be easy,” Trump told reporters on Friday before peace talks between US and Iranian negotiators in Pakistan.

“I would say this: We will have that open fairly soon,” he added.

Trump did not elaborate on how the US would unblock the critically important chokepoint.

He warned that he would not accept Iran’s effective imposition of a tollbooth system on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran has indicated that it intends to charge vessel owners fees for safe passage, even in the event of a deal to end the war.

“If they are doing that, we’re not going to let that happen,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One in Maryland.

Trump said ensuring Iran does not possess nuclear weapons would be the priority in any peace agreement, and the strait would open “automatically”.

“No nuclear weapons, that’s 99 per cent of it,” Trump said.m, and Continue Your, Reading. .