이란, 해운료로 호르무즈 해협 '장악' 불가능 – 이브 쿠퍼 주장 | 영국 정치 라이브
Iran cannot ‘hijack’ strait of Hormuz with shipping tolls, says Yvette Cooper – UK politics live
The Guardian
Andrew Sparrow
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2026-04-09 07:54
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키어 스타머 총리가 걸프만 순방을 계속하는 가운데, 외무장관은 국제법상 테헤란의 통행료 징수 금지 주장 - 아침 인사입니다. 키어 스타머 총리는 여전히 걸프만에 머물러 있으며, 외무장관 이브 쿠퍼는 오늘 아침 일련의 인터뷰를 진행했습니다. 오늘 저녁 외교정책 연설을 앞두고 있습니다. 제이미 그리어슨의 보도에 따르면 쿠퍼는 레바논이 미국-이란 휴전협상에 포함되어야 한다고 강력히 주장했습니다. 이 문제의 시작점은 이것이 국제 통항로라는 점입니다. 국제 해운이 이 해역을 사용합니다. 이는 국제 해양법의 일부입니다. 이는 공해 사이의 통항로입니다. 무역로입니다. 국제 해양법의 일환으로, 이것은 공해 사이의 국제 통항로입니다. 도버나 지브롤터 또는 전 세계의 다른 해협에 대해 말하든 영해가 있을 수 있지만, 국제 해운로와 국제 통항로도 있다는 의미입니다.
Good morning. Keir Starmer is still in the Gulf, and Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, has been doing a round of interviews this morning, ahead of delivering a speech on foreign policy this evening.
As Jamie Grierson reports, Cooper has been arguing forcefully that Lebanon must be included in the US-Iran ceasefire.
But Cooper is also trying to quash suggestions that, as part of a permanent settlement, Iran might be allowed to carry on charging a $2m-a-ship toll for oil tankers wanting to pass through the strait of Hormuz. Rather alarminingly, Donald Trump has even suggested that the US might be part of this, as a “joint venture” with Iran.
In an interview on the Today programme, Cooper made it clear that charging a toll for passage through the strait would be unaccepable to the UK.
double quotation markThe starting point here is this is an international transit route. It’s international shipping that uses this. This is part of the international law of the sea. This is a a route between the high seas; it is a trading route.
When it was put to her that Iran takes the view that these are territorial waters, not international waters, Cooper said:
double quotation markAs part of the international maritime law, this is a transit route between the high seas.
And whether you talk about Dover or Gibraltar or other straits around the world, there may be territorial waters there, but there’s also an international shipping route and an international transit route, which means that freedom of navigation principles apply and that countries cannot simply hijack those kinds of international transit routes and unilaterally apply tolls. They cannot do that as part of the laws of the sea and the United Nations conventions.
Cooper said that protecting freedom of navigation throught the strait was “crucial for the global economy”.
I will post more from her interviews soon.
Here is the agenda for the day.
Morning: Keir Starmer is in the United Arab Emirates where he is expected to hold talks with the president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Later in the day he has another bilateral planned, and he is recording an interview with ITV’s Robert Peston.
10.30am: Zack Polanski, the Green leader, launches his party’s local elections campaign at an event in London.
11am: Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Plaid Cymru leader, launches his party’s manifesto for the Senedd election at an event in Wrexham.
Morning: Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, is doing a campaign visit in Greater Manchester.
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As Jamie Grierson reports, Cooper has been arguing forcefully that Lebanon must be included in the US-Iran ceasefire.
But Cooper is also trying to quash suggestions that, as part of a permanent settlement, Iran might be allowed to carry on charging a $2m-a-ship toll for oil tankers wanting to pass through the strait of Hormuz. Rather alarminingly, Donald Trump has even suggested that the US might be part of this, as a “joint venture” with Iran.
In an interview on the Today programme, Cooper made it clear that charging a toll for passage through the strait would be unaccepable to the UK.
double quotation markThe starting point here is this is an international transit route. It’s international shipping that uses this. This is part of the international law of the sea. This is a a route between the high seas; it is a trading route.
When it was put to her that Iran takes the view that these are territorial waters, not international waters, Cooper said:
double quotation markAs part of the international maritime law, this is a transit route between the high seas.
And whether you talk about Dover or Gibraltar or other straits around the world, there may be territorial waters there, but there’s also an international shipping route and an international transit route, which means that freedom of navigation principles apply and that countries cannot simply hijack those kinds of international transit routes and unilaterally apply tolls. They cannot do that as part of the laws of the sea and the United Nations conventions.
Cooper said that protecting freedom of navigation throught the strait was “crucial for the global economy”.
I will post more from her interviews soon.
Here is the agenda for the day.
Morning: Keir Starmer is in the United Arab Emirates where he is expected to hold talks with the president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Later in the day he has another bilateral planned, and he is recording an interview with ITV’s Robert Peston.
10.30am: Zack Polanski, the Green leader, launches his party’s local elections campaign at an event in London.
11am: Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Plaid Cymru leader, launches his party’s manifesto for the Senedd election at an event in Wrexham.
Morning: Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, is doing a campaign visit in Greater Manchester.
If you want to contact me, please post a message below the line when comments are open (between 10am and 3pm), or message me on social media. I can’t read all the messages BTL, but if you put “Andrew” in a message aimed at me, I am more likely to see it because I search for posts containing that word.
If you want to flag something up urgently, it is best to use social media. You can reach me on Bluesky at @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social. The Guardian has given up posting from its official accounts on X, but individual Guardian journalists are there, I still have my account, and if you message me there at @AndrewSparrow, I will see it and respond if necessary.
I find it very helpful when readers point out mistakes, even minor typos. No error is too small to correct. And I find your questions very interesting too. I can’t promise to reply to them all, but I will try to reply to as many as I can, either BTL or sometimes in the blog.