/Agencia Anadolu
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that any final agreement with Iran that includes tariffs on maritime transport or sea transit would be “unacceptable” for the North American nation.
Speaking to reporters during a meeting with the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mark Rutte, at the White House, Trump was asked whether he would oppose a definitive pact with Iran if it allowed any kind of charge on transport or maritime activity.
“It would be unacceptable to me,” Trump declared. The president argued that allowing this type of tariff would set a precedent that could encourage similar demands elsewhere.
“If you did that for them, you would have to do it for other people. I wouldn’t allow it in that case either. Yes, it would be. It would completely change the rules of the game,” he added.
It is worth mentioning that one of the world’s largest supertanker operators has provisionally reserved a vessel to transport oil from the Persian Gulf to India at nearly nine times the reference rates, a price that reflects the scarcity of available ships in the area.
Likewise, ships have begun navigating the Strait of Hormuz under a new plan by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which seeks to evacuate vessels trapped there due to the conflict resulting from the attack by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28.
The President of the United States stated that Iran is offering significant concessions, while negotiations for a final agreement are expected to continue next week.
“The war is going very well. As you know, we are winning by a lot. Iran is making very big concessions. We’ll see what happens, but this has been very, very, very forceful,” Trump declared to reporters at the Capitol.
Last week, Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian electronically signed the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding,” which is intended to pave the way for ending the war started by Washington and Tel Aviv against Iran on February 28.
Under this agreement, Washington and Tehran plan to hold negotiations for 60 days – with the possibility of an extension – aimed at reaching a definitive pact covering Iran’s nuclear program and international sanctions.
