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Macron: France won’t take part in operations to unblock Strait of Hormuz ‘in current context’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Emmanuel Macron says that France will not take part in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and that France is carrying on with work to prepare a coalition that could provide freedom of navigation once hostilities end.
“We are not party to the conflict and therefore France will never take part in operations to open or liberate the Strait of Hormuz in the current context,” Macron said at the start of a cabinet meeting to discuss the conflicts in the Middle East.
“However, we are convinced that once the situation becomes calmer… we are ready, alongside other nations, to take responsibility for an escort system,” he adds.
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