Keir Starmer to go to Gulf TODAY as he says Trump’s Iran ceasefire should be become ‘lasting peace’ that will get oil flowing

Keir Starmer said the fragile ceasefire hammered out between the US and Iran must be turned into a ‘lasting agreement’ that gets oil and gas flowing from the region again.

The Prime Minister is travelling to the Gulf today after Trump announced a two-week pause in fighting after days of erratic brinkmanship, allowing the Straits of Hormuz to reopen to traffic. 

The weeks of fighting have closed the strategically important waterway and helped push up oil and gas prices in the UK.

The president last night agreed to a provisional pause in the war after pulling back at the last-minute from his apocalyptic warning that ‘a whole civilisation will die’ unless Tehran met his demands.

Less than two hours before his deadline passed for Iran to agree a deal, the US president said he was suspending his threat to widen the military offensive to power plants and bridges subject to the reopening of the critical Strait of Hormuz waterway.

He said Tehran proposed a 10-point plan that provided ‘a workable basis on which to negotiate’.

In a statement this morning Sir Keir said he welcomed the ceasefire, adding: ‘Together with our partners we must do all we can to support and sustain this ceasefire, turn it into a lasting agreement and re-open the Strait of Hormuz.’ 

The Prime Minister is travelling to the Gulf today after Trump announced a two-week pause in fighting after days of erratic brinkmanship, allowing the Straits of Hormuz to reopen to traffic

The president last night agreed to a pause in the war after pulling back at the last-minute from his apocalyptic warning that ‘a whole civilisation will die’ unless Tehran met his demands