PANews reported on May 21 that Iranian Ambassador to France Mohammad Amin-Nejad stated, "Iran is discussing with Oman how to establish some kind of permanent toll system to formalize its control over maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran and Oman must mobilize all resources to provide security services and manage navigation in the most appropriate way. This will incur costs, so those countries that hope to benefit from this passage must also bear their share of responsibility (reopening the strait requires payment)." However, he emphasized, "The toll system will be transparent. If any country has any desire to improve the situation today, it must find the root cause of the problem."