Foreign ministers from more than 40 countries were updated on the International Maritime Organisation’s ( IMO ) response to the situation in the Strait of Hormuz during a virtual meeting hosted by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) .
During the meeting, IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez urged States to support diplomatic efforts aimed at securing the evacuation of around 20,000 seafarers still stranded in the Persian Gulf
