New York, Sept. 25 -- Bahrain has led a group of 80 United Nations member states in calling for the urgent and complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, with the countries demanding safe, secure and unimpeded passage for vessels through the strategic waterway amid continuing tensions in West Asia.

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani made the appeal during a media briefing organised by a group of countries at the UN headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where participating states expressed condemnation of Iran's attacks in the region and what they described as disruption to international trade and threats to energy security.

According to a statement issued by the Bahr...