Starmer, Jetten Meet Energy Leaders as War Disrupts Supplies

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten met energy leaders to discuss cooperation in the North Sea as the war in the Middle East disrupts global supplies.

The leaders held bilateral talks at Downing Street on Tuesday, followed by a discussion with companies including Centrica Plc, Shell Plc, National Grid Plc and SSE Plc. The Dutch visit comes as the Iran war has upended global energy trade, in large part due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the route for about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas.