London, April 10 -- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, amid the near-end of his Gulf trip, called the Iran conflict definitive for a whole generation and proposed the concept of "collective self-defence" with leaders of the Gulf states.
"This conflict is going to define us for a generation and we must respond, and we will respond, with strength," Starmer said, explaining that he discussed the concept of "collective self-defence" with leaders of the Gulf states, according to BBC.
He said that most of his discussions with senior officials from GCC nations revolved around a "practical plan" for allowing vessels passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Critical for global energy flows, the waterway typically controls the passage of around 20 per c...