UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that global fertiliser supplies must be freed up within weeks to prevent a food crisis, citing Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz as having frozen shipments and damaged farming worldwide, with the worst impacts in developing countries. Cooper called for urgent international pressure to reopen the strait and said overseas aid was essential to UK national interests, as the World Food Programme estimates 45 million more people could face acute food insecurity if the conflict persists.
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UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that global fertiliser supplies must be freed up within weeks to prevent a food crisis, citing Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz as having frozen shipments and damaged farming worldwide, with the worst impacts in developing countries. Cooper called for urgent international pressure to reopen the strait and said overseas aid was essential to UK national interests, as the World Food Programme estimates 45 million more people could face acute food insecurity if the conflict persists.