Vance says U.S. sought coordination channel to keep regional truce from collapsing

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said in his first public remarks after talks with Iran that Washington wanted a mechanism to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and to reduce the risk of clashes during a regional ceasefire.

He said the waterway is already open and pointed to falling gasoline and oil prices, adding that “millions and millions of barrels” of crude and natural gas are moving through it. Beyond that, he said, the U.S. wanted to set up practical coordination tools to prevent friction if the ceasefire begins to fray.

“As Trump himself said, sometimes these ceasefires just mean shooting a little less,” Vance said. He added that the aim was to make sure the right coordination channels exist so that if there is firing, whether “Hezbollah shoots at Israel or Israel responds,” or if other conflicts erupt in the region, “we are actually talking to each other and finding out how to stop the shooting.”