Foreign Affairs Ministry welcomes non-adoption of Draft Resolution on Hormuz Strait

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the non-adoption of the draft resolution concerning the Strait of Hormuz during the Security Council session held on Tuesday.

In a statement, the Ministry considered this step as reflecting international rejection of attempts to legitimize military escalation and the use of force in one of the world’s vital maritime passages.

The Ministry praised the positions of Russia and China, which opposed the draft resolution, as well as the positions of Pakistan and Colombia, which abstained from voting, valuing their role in defending the principles of international law and the UN Charter, and rejecting the use of the Security Council as a tool to legitimize military actions.

The statement affirmed that closing the Strait of Hormuz to countries aggressing against the Islamic Republic of Iran is a legitimate response to the brutal aggression it has faced since February 28.

It pointed out that the Security Council and the states sponsoring the draft resolution should have worked to end the U.S. and Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, instead of seeking to pass resolutions aimed at legitimizing the use of military force in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Ministry also emphasized that the United States has a long history of misinterpreting Security Council resolutions to justify its aggression against other countries, including using the Security Council resolution on navigation in the Red Sea to legitimize its joint aggression with Britain against Yemen.

It reaffirmed Yemen’s stance supporting the Islamic Republic of Iran in confronting the brutal U.S. and Israeli aggression against it.