CNN reported, citing an informed source on Saturday, that Oman has prepared a proposal to manage navigation traffic in the Strait of Hormuz via two separate corridors.

The network added that under the agreement, which has not yet been signed in its final form, both corridors will remain open. The southern corridor, passing through Omani territorial waters, will allow freedom of navigation as it was before the war.

As for ships crossing the northern corridor, which passes through Iranian territorial waters, they will need prior approval from Iran, noting that no fees will be imposed under the agreement.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with his Omani counterpart Badr al-Busaidi in Muscat on Saturday, where the two officials discussed mechanisms to ensure safe passage for ships in the waterway.

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Earlier, US officials revealed that the United States and Iran would resume negotiations on Saturday in Oman, indicating that Washington demanded Tehran issue a statement declaring that all routes in the Strait of Hormuz are open and that it would not return to targeting ships.

ABC News quoted US officials as saying: "The United States expects from the talks on Saturday with Iran that the Strait of Hormuz will become open in the same way it was before the war."

The officials added: "If Iran does not declare on Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz has become open as it was before the war, then it will not be a happy day for them."

The Americans and Iranians held two rounds of talks after signing the memorandum of understanding in June, the first direct in Switzerland and the second indirect in Qatar, but they did not achieve any progress during them.

In an attempt to revive the negotiations, a Qatari delegation arrived in Iran on Friday, according to Tasnim News Agency, as Doha mediates between Tehran and Washington.

Pakistan, which also plays a similar role, also called on Tehran to preserve the "hard-earned peace gains" with Washington, according to what Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrote in a post on platform X.

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