US asks Germany, France and UK ‘to help secure’ Strait of Hormuz

BERLIN — The United States has asked Germany to join a naval mission to help secure the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid its tense standoff with Iran, the US embassy in Berlin says today.

“We’ve formally asked Germany to join France and the UK to help secure the Strait of Hormuz and combat Iranian aggression,” says a statement by embassy spokeswoman Tamara Sternberg-Greller.

— AFP

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