British Foreign Secretary urges resumption of normal shipping operations in Strait of Hormuz

ANTALYA - British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Saturday the Strait of Hormuz had yet to return to normal operations despite a ceasefire in the Iran war, and urged Tehran to allow global shipping to resume fully.

"We are at a critical diplomatic moment with a ceasefire now in place ... but we don't yet have normal passage through the strait", Cooper told Reuters on the sidelines of a diplomacy forum in Antalya.

She said the truce needed to develop into a lasting peace, adding that restoring shipping through the waterway was urgent for the global economy.

- Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Jonathan Spicer and Louise Heavens/Reuters