UK Foreign Secretary and UAE Deputy PM Hold Talks on Hormuz, Middle East Crisis
🇬🇧 LONDON — UK needs Hormuz open; UAE just bought the hulls to profit from it staying shut. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: That tension defines this meeting. London's energy exposure is acute — North Sea assets sold, alternatives disrupted. UAE's tanker buy converts disruption into structural leverage. What London is really asking: will ADNOC's fleet serve British importers, and at what price? Every day Hormuz stays throttled, Abu Dhabi's position improves.