US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that China is not in favour of militarising the Strait of Hormuz.
“The Chinese side said they are not in favour of militarising the Strait of Hormuz and they are not in favour of a tolling system, and that’s our position,” he has said in an interview.
The government’s constant threats to suspend KP’s elected dispensation over a political protest have escalated hostilities considerably. In that context, both sides did well to start talking.