UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the UK has been working for a "swift resolution" to the conflict and for a plan for what will come after, APA reports citing BBC.
She says "most important of all for us" is the "reopening" of the Strait of Hormuz.
She says no country can close such a route as it "goes against the fundamental principles of the law of the sea".
"We need the full and unconditional of the strait as a central part not just of the current ceasefire but the long-term future for the region," she says.
"The fundamental freedoms of the seas must not be unilaterally withdrawn or sold off for individual bidders. And nor can there be any place for tolls on an international waterway.
"Freedom of navigation means navigation must be free."
Cooper also says a durable peace settlement cannot be reached in the Middle East if "in Lebanon the crisis endures".
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