{"id":79100,"date":"2026-09-23T02:04:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T02:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/79100"},"modified":"2026-09-23T02:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T02:04:34","slug":"putin-and-saudi-crown-prince-call-for-safe-passage-via-hormuz-bab-el-mandeb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/79100","title":{"rendered":"Putin and Saudi crown prince call for safe passage via Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed \u200bbin Salman on Tuesday in which they highlighted \u200cthe need for safe passage via the Bab el-Mandeb and Hormuz straits, key global maritime trade routes, the Kremlin said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>It also \u200bsaid the two leaders held a detailed exchange \u200bof views on the situation in the Middle \u2060East and emphasised that a political and diplomatic \u200bsettlement remains the only viable path forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They also \u201cunderscored the \u200bneed for a swift cessation of hostilities\u201d in Yemen amid the deteriorating military and political situation there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe importance of ensuring the safe \u200band unimpeded passage of vessels through the region\u2019s \u200binternational waterways, including the Bab el-Mandeb and Strait of Hormuz, was \u200cemphasised,\u201d \u2060the Kremlin said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With two of its key oil export routes \u2013 the Hormuz and Bab el- Mandeb straits \u2013 disrupted by Iran and Iran-allied Houthi militants, Saudi Arabia has \u200bto resort to \u200bexporting oil \u2060via Egypt\u2019s Suez Canal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The United States, which bombed the Houthis for two months last \u200byear, has so far rebuffed repeated pleas \u200bfrom \u2060Mohammed bin Salman to rejoin the fight against the group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The New York Times reported that Trump called off US strikes \u2060against \u200bthe Houthis on Sunday at the \u200blast minute, after troops had already begun loading bombs onto planes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/putin-and-saudi-crown-prince-call-for-safe-passage-via-hormuz-bab-el-mandeb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed \u200bbin Salman on Tuesday in which they highlighted \u200cthe need for safe passage via the Bab el-Mandeb and Hormuz straits, key global maritime trade routes, the Kremlin said. 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