The American Secretary of State Marko Rubio called to China to prevent Iran closed Strait Hormuz, one of the world’s most world shipping routes.
His comments have arrived after Iran’s state TV reported that Parliament approved the plan to close the strait, but it was added that the final decision lies with the Supreme National Security Council.
Any disorder in oil supply would have profound consequences for the economy. Special China is the world’s largest customer of Iranian oil and has a close connection to Teheran.
Oil prices were grown after American attacks in Iranian nuclear sites, and the price of measuring Brent has gross highest levels in five months.
“I encourage Chinese government in Beijing to call them (Iran), because they largely depend on the Sirst Hormuse for their oil,” Marco Rubio said in an interview with Fox on Sundays.
“If they [close the Straits]… it will be economic suicide for them. And we retain options to face it, but other countries should look at it. The economies of other countries would hurt much worse than ours. “
About 20% of world oil passes through strain Hormuz, with large oil and gas producers in the Middle East using the waterway to transport energy from the region.
Any attempt to interrupt business mode could send global oil prices abruptly.
They jumped at the highest from January, and the price of Brent Crow reaches $ 78.89 a barrel of 23:22 days on Sunday.
“The United States is now placed with a huge posture in the region that will be prepared for any counter-state attacks. But the risk of oil prices is to escalate further,” Saul Kavonic, Head of Financial Energy in MST.
The costs of crude oil are influenced by what it costs to fill your car in the food price in the supermarket.
China is especially buying more oil from Iran than any other nation – with oil imports from Iran, surpasses 1.8 million barrels per month last month, according to the data by ship’s Firms of Vorteka.
Other major Asian economies, including India, Japan and South Korea also rely heavily on crude oil that passes through the strait.
The energy analyst Vandana Hari said Iran has “a little bit to get too much to lose” from the shutter closure.
“Iranian risks that neighbors in oil and gas in the bay in enemies and calls for their key market of China disruptive traffic in faces,” said BBC News.
The United States joined the conflict between Iran and Israel during the weekend, with President Donald Trump said that Washington “erased” Tehran key nuclear locations.
However, it is not clear how much damage attacks Nanemarines, with the UN nuclear guest, saying it is unable to assess the damage in a strongly determined underground nuclear site. Iran said there was only a small damage to Ford.
Trump also warned Iran to face “far worse” future attacks if they did not leave their nuclear program.
On Monday, Beijing said American strikes damaged the credibility of Washington and called for immediate ceasefire.
The Chinese Ambassador Fu Cong said all parties should refrain the “force impulse … and adding fuel to the fire”, according to the state CCTV report.
In the editorial office, Beijing’s state newspaper global times also said that participation in Iran “further complicated us and destabilized the situation in the Middle East” and that it pushed the conflict to the “uncontrolled state”.
