Britain Wants To De-escalate Tensions With Iran: Hunt
Faizan Hashmi Published July 21, 2019 | 12:00 AM
London, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jul, 2019 ) :London wants to de-escalate tensions with Tehran, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Saturday following a meeting of the UK's emergencies committee over Iran's seizure of a British-flagged ship in the Gulf.
The meeting "reaffirmed UK desire to de-escalate," Hunt said in a tweet, adding that the ship Stena Impero was seized in Omani waters "in clear contravention of international law."
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