Iran-Gulf Hormuz Talks Postponed, Oman Says
Iran-Gulf Hormuz Talks Postponed, Oman Says
The News
A meeting between Iran and several Gulf states over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed, Oman's foreign minister said Sunday.
The talks had been set for Monday in Oman, and were to focus on an Omani plan to create a temporary shipping lane through the strait and return regular tanker traffic to it, according to Bloomberg and Reuters.
The United States was not going to be at the table. CNN reported that Gulf diplomats and Iranian officials planned to meet without US involvement.
Neither Oman nor the other governments involved have publicly set a new date.
Why It Matters
The Strait of Hormuz is the chokepoint for a large share of the world's seaborne oil. Any arrangement that reopens it to normal tanker traffic — or any delay in reaching one — moves energy markets and US interests in the region.
Timeline
Al Jazeera reports that Iran plans to hold talks with Iraq and Gulf nations in Oman, saying the aim is to strengthen shared regional security. The same report notes Bahrain is not attending.
CNN reports that Gulf diplomats and Iranian officials will meet without the United States to discuss an Omani plan for re-opening the Strait of Hormuz to regular tanker traffic.
Oman's foreign minister says the meeting, planned for Monday, has been postponed. Bloomberg and Reuters both report the delay.
The date the talks were supposed to take place.
Reactions
Oman's foreign minister delivered the news of the postponement himself, according to Bloomberg and Reuters, without a stated reason in either report.
Iran has framed the diplomacy as a regional security effort. Al Jazeera reported Tehran's position that the talks with Iraq and Gulf nations in Oman are meant to strengthen shared regional security.
Bahrain is the holdout among the Gulf states. Al Jazeera reported the kingdom is not attending the summit.
What's Next
Watch for a rescheduled date from Oman, which has been the broker here and the host.
Watch, too, for whether the Omani shipping-lane plan survives the delay — and whether Washington stays outside a negotiation that directly affects the oil it and its allies depend on.
More
Oman has long played middleman between Tehran and the Gulf's US-aligned capitals, and this round followed that pattern: an Omani plan, an Omani venue, an Omani announcement that it is not happening yet.
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