Five European countries and Japan on Thursday agreed to take "appropriate efforts" to secure the Hormuz Strait for the safe passage of vessels.
"We express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait. We welcome the commitment of nations who are engaging in preparatory planning," read a joint statement from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Netherlands.
The six nations also condemned Iran's "threats, laying of mines, drone and missile attacks and other attempts to block the Strait to commercial shipping", as per a Reuters report.
However, the scope and extent of the joint effort is yet to be revealed.
This comes after US President Donald Trump on Wednesday indirectly criticised US allies for rejecting or ignoring his Monday offer to jointly send warships to escort tankers through the embattled Hormuz Strait, telling them to "get a grip".
Japan and the UK had been among the nations that had rejected Trump's Monday call to send warships to the embattled strait, in addition to Australia and Germany.
"I wonder what would happen if we “finished off” what’s left of the Iranian Terror State, and let the Countries that use it, we don’t, be responsible for the so called Strait?” he had written in another Truth Social post on Wednesday.
Iran's stance on the Hormuz Strait
As the chaos in the Gulf rages on, Iran's "special conditions" imposed on the Hormuz Strait continue, rendering ships from the US and its allies susceptible to attacks while transiting through the strait.
It has only allowed a small number of vessels from friendly nations to transit the strait on a permission-basis.
Keeping out large numbers of tankers and other cargo vessels, Iran's Hormuz Strait policy has led to a sharp dip in maritime traffic through the strait, which, before the war, was seeing about 20 per cent of the world's energy exports transit through.
This, in addition to attacks on critical energy facilities on both sides of the war, has hurt global energy flows and has led to sharp spikes in oil prices.
Tehran is also reportedly considering imposing taxes on vessels crossing through the Hormuz Strait, as a part of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's alleged plans to continue using the strait as leverage.
Iran has also indicated that the "special conditions" on the Hormuz Strait would not be going back to their "pre-war status".