The president posted on social media that they have mutually agreed that while the blockade will remain in full force and effect, “Project Freedom” will be paused for a short period of time to see whether the agreement can be finalised and signed.
There are 87 different countries represented by the vessels stranded there, about 23,000 sailors, but the key is that the US is maintaining its blockade even as it pauses the escorts.
It signals that the US wants to keep that maximum military leverage in place to secure a deal.
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The US operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for a "short period of time", President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening.
ReplyDeleteTrump said that "Project Freedom", which began days earlier, would be halted by "mutual agreement" because "great progress" had been made toward a deal with Iran.
Iranian state media characterised it as a victory, saying the pause demonstrated that Trump "retreated" after "continued failures" to reopen the vital waterway for global shipping.
The United States has completed its offensive operations against Iran, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, echoing statements to Congress nearly a month into a fragile ceasefire.
ReplyDelete“The operation is over – Epic Fury – as the president notified Congress. We’re done with that stage of it,” Rubio told reporters at the White House.
Την προσωρινή αναστολή της «Επιχείρησης Ελευθερία» (Project Freedom) για την ασφαλή διέλευση των πλοίων μέσω των Στενών του Ορμούζ, ανακοίνωσε ο Αμερικανός πρόεδρος, ισχυριζόμενος ότι «έχει σημειωθεί μεγάλη πρόοδος προς μια πλήρη και οριστική συμφωνία με τους εκπροσώπους του Ιράν».
ReplyDelete«Η επιχείρηση “Επική Οργή” που ξεκίνησε τον Φεβρουάριο εναντίον του Ιράν έχει τελειώσει», δήλωσε νωρίτερα ο Μάρκο Ρούμπιο, ο οποίος πάντως πιάστηκε «αδιάβαστος» καθώς σημείωσε πως «Τώρα περνάμε στην Επιχείρηση Ελευθερία».