The moment you put a price on safe passage, your principles can be bought, says the minister of state for foreign affairs. SINGAPORE: Negotiating a safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz would be a slippery slope, said Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim on Thursday (May 14). Speaking on CNA’s Deep Dive podcast, he stressed that no one can guarantee such passage anyway. “The slippery slope that we are on is that the moment you negotiate, the moment you trade away,