Saudi Arabia Announces New Maritime Security Alliance to Protect Red Sea Shipping Routes
- Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans to establish a multinational maritime security alliance in the Red Sea.
- The initiative aims to safeguard international shipping lanes and global energy supply routes.
- The proposal comes in response to repeated Houthi attacks that have disrupted one of the world’s busiest trade corridors.
- Fourteen countries, including Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, Sudan and Djibouti, have backed the proposal through a joint statement.
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to establish a multinational maritime security alliance aimed at strengthening security across the Red Sea and protecting one of the world’s most strategically important maritime trade routes.
According to BBC Arabic, the proposal was unveiled during an international meeting attended by representatives from 43 countries and the European Union. Saudi Arabia said it would serve as the founding and leading nation of the alliance, with its headquarters also based in the Kingdom.
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The initiative comes after a series of attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, which have disrupted commercial shipping and threatened the safe passage of international trade and energy supplies through the Red Sea.
In a statement, the Saudi Ministry of Defence said the proposed alliance would enhance maritime security, safeguard freedom of navigation, protect international trade routes and energy corridors, and strengthen cooperation to secure shared maritime interests in the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden.
The ministry also confirmed that 14 countries, including Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, Sudan and Djibouti, issued a joint statement expressing support for the proposed alliance. However, Oman and the United Arab Emirates were not among the Gulf states that endorsed the declaration.
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