“I ordered the ships HMS Montrose and HMS Defender to return to the tasks of escorting the ships of the British merchant fleet in
Strait of Hormuz. The government will take all necessary measures to protect our courts and citizens, ”the agency reports to TASS.
Earlier, the British Foreign Ministry did not recommend its citizens to plan trips to Iraq and Iran in the near future amid the worsening situation in the region after the assassination of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Kassem Suleimani.
In August, the British Navy joined the US coalition for safe shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.