“No country is allowed to collect tolls. » The statement by Marco Rubio, American Secretary of State, delivered Tuesday June 23 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), alone sums up the geopolitical issue around the Strait of Hormuz. Since the start of the war in the Middle East, Iran has blocked this strategic passage through which nearly 20% of global hydrocarbon traffic passes, disrupting world markets for weeks.
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