(SeaPRwire) –   On Sunday, President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a discussion regarding the growing conflict in the Middle East, emphasizing the critical requirement to unblock the Strait of Hormuz and resume international maritime trade.

According to a statement from Downing Street, the two leaders reviewed the regional situation, specifically highlighting the necessity of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to allow global shipping to continue.

“Both parties concurred that restoring access to the Strait of Hormuz is vital for the stability of the international energy market. They also planned to hold further talks in the near future.”

This conversation occurred as regional hostilities intensified, following Iran’s closure of the crucial waterway after joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets on February 28.

The military engagement prompted a rapid response from Tehran, evolving into a wider regional conflict as Iran launched missile attacks against several neighboring nations not involved in the primary dispute.

Trump issued a 48-hour deadline to Iran on March 21, demanding the reopening of the strategic shipping lane, which handles roughly 20% of global oil supplies.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump cautioned that a failure to meet these demands would trigger additional U.S. military responses, potentially targeting Iran’s energy facilities.

The Sunday dialogue between Trump and Starmer may indicate a softening of the previously strained relations between the two heads of state.

Trump had earlier criticized the British government, arguing that the U.K. should have been more decisive in permitting the U.S. to utilize British military installations for strikes against Iranian missile positions.

Starmer had maintained the position that the use of U.K. facilities was only permissible under the framework of “collective self-defense” within the region.

His initial refusal to back the U.S.-Israeli military campaign had drawn consistent disapproval from the White House.

Concurrently, Trump appeared to exert public pressure by sharing a “Saturday Night Live” segment on Sunday that ridiculed the Prime Minister’s management of the ongoing crisis.