To maintain control of Hormuz Leader Ayatollah Seyed Mujtaba Khamenei met with the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Razai, and emphasized that culture, politics, economy and security are interconnected. He called for an end to the state of "neither war nor peace" by meeting officials' conditions to end the war, and emphasized maintaining security by maintaining control of the Strait of Hormuz. Razai, after a quadrilateral meeting with Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, said security in West Asia must come from within the region, without foreign interference.