Ruling party, gov't agree on efforts to send special envoys to Middle East to secure crude oil

SEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the government agreed Monday to seek the dispatch of special envoys to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Algeria to secure crude oil as the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping route, is effectively closed amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

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