K Shanmugam on Strait of Hormuz and navigational rights #CNA

K Shanmugam on Strait of Hormuz and navigational rights
Singapore is “very wary” when other countries treat navigational rights and freedoms as discretionary privileges to be negotiated or paid for, Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam said on Monday (Apr 13).

“Our position is – under the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea, and customary international law, there is free right to transit passage across such straits, and that no one can impose tolls or selectively decide whose ships get access to these waters,” said Mr Shanmugam.

He added that the implications of a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz or straits used in other parts of the world for international navigation were “particularly concerning”. Read more: https://ift.tt/gA08Eu1

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