“We’ve been pulling ⁠together a coalition of countries … working on ​a political, diplomatic plan, but also looking ​at military capabilities and … the logistics of actually moving vessels through the Strait,” Starmer said during ​his visit to the Gulf.

“That was the ​focus of the discussion last night - reflection on what ‌I’ve ⁠been discussing here, but also that focus on a practical plan in relation to navigation through the Strait.”

He did not ​provide further ​details.

Asked if ⁠he raised US threats of withdrawing from NATO with Trump, Starmer ​did not answer directly but said ​the ⁠alliance was in both the US and Europe’s interests.

“NATO is a defensive alliance which, ⁠for ​decades, has kept us ​much safer than we would otherwise have been,” he said.