The foreign secretary will meet with foreign ministers of France and Germany to discuss the nuclear deal with Iran.
Iran has demanded the release of the supertanker and has threatened reprisals.Mr Hunt said he and Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed the crisis by phone on Saturday, and on Sunday he said it was important to maintain freedom of navigation in the Gulf.
"Following the brave work of our Royal Navy in the Persian Gulf we will work with partners to maintain the right of commercial ships to go about their rightful business," he said. Mr Zarif will be at a UN meeting in New York this week but it is not clear whether the visit might also be used to discuss the nuclear issue.
President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday Iran was ready to talk to the US if Washington lifted sanctions and returned to the 2015 nuclear deal. In a televised speech, Mr Rouhani said:"We have always believed in talks... if they lift sanctions, end the imposed economic pressure and return to the deal, we are ready to hold talks with America today, right now and anywhere."
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