(FOX NEWS) — The United Kingdom accused Iran on Thursday of holding the global economy hostage as diplomats from 41 countries held discussions on pressuring Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz.

While the United States didn’t attend the virtual meeting, on Wednesday President Donald Trump repeated that securing the waterway is not America’s job.

UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the discussions showed “the strength of our international determination” to reopen the strait.

“We have seen Iran hijack an international shipping route to hold the global economy hostage,” Cooper said at the start of the meeting.

Cooper also said “unsustainable” spikes in oil and food prices were “hitting households and businesses in every corner of the world,” the Associated Press reported.

The meeting also covered working with the U.N. International Maritime Organization to free 2,000 ships and 20,000 seafarers who are trapped.

Since the war began Feb. 28, there have been 23 attacks on vessels in the strait.

Eleven crew members have been killed, according to shipping intelligence firm Lloyd’s List.