LONDON/DUBAI ¨C China has held direct talks with Yemen¡¯s Houthi movement to enable ?its tankers to sail through the southern Red Sea without being attacked after the Iran-aligned militia pledged to prevent access to Saudi ports, six sources with knowledge of the matter have said.
The Houthis declared their blockade on July 20, opening a new front against the U.S. and its allies in the Iran war and expanding attacks on tankers carrying energy ?and other supplies to markets beyond the Middle East.
Beijing has asked the Houthis directly to promise safe passage ?for its ?tankers, according to the sources, who included a senior Iranian official.
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