{"id":31529,"date":"2026-04-14T23:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-un-chief-calls-for-the-respect-of-navigation-rights-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:40:34","slug":"the-un-chief-calls-for-the-respect-of-navigation-rights-in-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/the-un-chief-calls-for-the-respect-of-navigation-rights-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"The UN chief calls for the respect of navigation rights in the Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thumbs_b_c_dfe340fcdf8abe92fa9aeeac2bbddc95.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that respect for international law is weakening globally, especially in the Middle East, stressing that this could deepen instability and conflicts, reports Anadolu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Around the world and especially in the Middle East, respect for international law is being violated,&#8221; Guterres told reporters during a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, adding that &#8220;the rules governing the use of force and the development of hostilities are being ignored&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Warning of wider dangers, Guterres described international law as &#8220;indispensable&#8221;, adding that &#8220;without it, instability spreads, mistrust deepens and conflicts spiral out of control&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the situation in the Middle East, he stressed that &#8220;there is no military solution to this crisis&#8221; and that &#8220;peace agreements they require continued engagement and political will&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Calling for renewed diplomacy, Guterres said that &#8220;serious negotiations must resume&#8221; and stressed that &#8220;the ceasefire must be preserved&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And international navigation rights and freedoms, including in the Strait of Hormuz, must be respected by all parties&#8221;, he added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he is aware of the possibility of resuming negotiations US-Iran Guterres said: &#8220;The indications we have are that it is very likely that these talks will resume,&#8221; citing his recent conversation with Pakistan&#8217;s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar.<\/p>\n<p>The UN chief also referred to Lebanon, calling the talks between Israel and Lebanon &#8220;very important&#8221; for creating the conditions for change on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The truth is that Hezbollah and Israel have always helped each other. to destabilize the government of Lebanon,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>We use cookies to improve the experience and display ads (Google AdSense).<br \/>\n          By clicking &#8220;Accept&#8221;, you agree to the use of cookies according to<br \/>\n          Privacy Policy<br \/>\n          and<br \/>\n          Cookies Policy.<br \/>\n          You can reject non-necessary cookies by clicking &#8220;Reject&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that respect for international law is weakening globally, especially in the Middle East, stressing that this could deepen instability and conflicts, reports Anadolu. &#8220;Around the world and especially in the Middle East, respect for international law is being violated,&#8221; Guterres told reporters during a press conference at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-31529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-brief"],"views":24,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31531,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31529\/revisions\/31531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}