Iran announces talks on the Strait of Hormuz with Gulf states in Oman

Australia

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West tied to its own agendas · 3 of 10 countries

Canberra is gauging the tension in the Strait of Hormuz by the capture of a US underwater drone by the Revolutionary Guards, more so than the diplomatic talks announced in Oman.

South Korea

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Gulf neighbors and logistics hubs · 3 of 10 countries

Seoul is weighing a deployment to the Strait of Hormuz, but has yet to take the step, torn between American pressure and Tehran's stated opposition.

United States

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West tied to its own agendas · 3 of 10 countries

The United States ties the announced meeting in Oman to its own domestic electoral battle: Trump promises the end of the war "immediately after" the midterms, while admitting that gas prices will not drop before.

France

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West tied to its own agendas · 3 of 10 countries

Paris is gauging the escalation around the Ormuz Strait in terms of its impact on oil prices and the US electoral calendar, rather than in terms of a mediation in Oman that remains uncertain.

Iran

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Iranian narrative and Russian relay · 2 of 10 countries

Tehran asserts: the Strait of Hormuz remains under "full" Iranian control, regardless of the announced discussions with the Gulf States in Oman.

Nigeria

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Importing economies hit by the barrel · 2 of 10 countries

Abuja is measuring the Gulf War bill in nairas at the pump, even before Tehran sits down with the Gulf monarchies in Oman.

Pakistan

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Importing economies hit by the barrel · 2 of 10 countries

Islamabad is first gauging the Ormuz Strait crisis by the price of a barrel, more than by the diplomacy unfolding in Oman.

Qatar

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Gulf neighbors and logistics hubs · 3 of 10 countries

Doha took away from the meeting scheduled for Monday in Muscat the confirmation that the Strait of Hormuz file is now being settled among Gulf neighbors, without going through external powers.

Russia

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Iranian narrative and Russian relay · 2 of 10 countries

Moscow highlights the Iranian show of force in the Strait of Hormuz, relegating the diplomatic meeting in Oman to the background behind a series of seizures and destructions of American drones by the Revolutionary Guards.

Singapore

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Singapore is weighing the consequences for its own oil and gas traffic of a meeting in Oman that aims less to reopen the Strait of Hormuz than to codify Iranian control over its passage.