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View all search resultsManila says Iran to allow Philippine oil shipments through Strait of Hormuz
"The Iranian Foreign Minister assured the (Foreign) Secretary that Iran will allow the safe, unhindered, and expeditious passage through the Strait of Hormuz of Philippine-flagged vessels, energy sources, and all Filipino seafarers," the foreign affairs department said in a statement.
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr speaks at a press conference,
held with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured), in Berlin on March 12, 2024. Marcos
insisted the International Criminal Court has no authority to probe his predecessor Rodrigo
Duterte’s war on drugs. (Reuters/Liesa Johannssen)
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he Philippines said Thursday that Iran has pledged to allow safe passage for shipments of oil to the import-dependent archipelago through the Strait of Hormuz.
"The Iranian Foreign Minister assured the (Foreign) Secretary that Iran will allow the safe, unhindered, and expeditious passage through the Strait of Hormuz of Philippine-flagged vessels, energy sources, and all Filipino seafarers," the foreign affairs department said in a statement.
President Ferdinand Marcos last week declared a state of national energy emergency, saying "nothing was off the table" as the country of 116 million tries to navigate a global fuel crisis driven by the Middle East war.
Last week, Malaysian vessels were allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim spoke to the leaders of Iran, Egypt, Turkey and other regional countries.
In a televised address, Anwar thanked Iran's president for allowing the passage of the vessels. He also said Malaysia's government would maintain the price of subsidised oil.
A government spokesperson said several Malaysian ships had been allowed to pass without having to pay any tolls to Iran.
"We will not pay any toll as what may have been misunderstood by some netizens online. We're not paying anything," Fahmi Fadzil, who is also communications minister, told a regular press conference.
On Thursday, the presidential Blue House said that South Korea is not considering paying Iran fees for the passage of Middle Eastern oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz, denying an earlier local media report.
"Reviewing the payment of Hormuz transit fees is completely untrue and is not something under consideration," a Blue House spokesperson told Reuters.
Earlier, the Maeil Business Newspaper reported that Seoul was carefully considering whether to pay such fees, citing an unidentified presidential official, amid concerns over potential disruptions to energy supplies from the Middle East.
