'Seafarer evacuation in Hormuz needs Iran guarantees - IMO tells CNN'

 

Safely evacuating more than 8,500 seafarers trapped in the Strait of Hormuz requires Iranian guarantees that vessels will not be targeted, CNN reported, citing the head of the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO).

“Once the reassurance comes back that no vessel that is being evacuated will be targeted, we are ready to immediately react,” IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez told CNN.

Dominguez also called for urgent demining of the strait to allow a gradual return to normal vessel traffic through the vital waterway, according to the report.

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