US President Donald Trump spent the weekend championing his “present” from Iran, which he said would allow 20 Pakistan-flagged ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s foreign minister, called the gesture “a harbinger of peace” as the war with Iran still rages, while Trump hailed the move as a sign that negotiations were “going very well”.
But shipping analysts on Monday called into question the US president’s claims, pointing out that the number of vessels seemed implausibly high, even after Trump suggested they had already “started” sailing “right up the middle of the Strait”.
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