French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the United States and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in a “coordinated” way, as the US military pressed ahead with a mission to escort ships out of the waterway.
“What we want above all is a coordinated reopening by the United States and Iran, that is the only solution for reopening the Strait of Hormuz,” Macron says at a meeting of European leaders in Armenia.
“We are not going to take part in any military operation in a framework that to me seems unclear,” says the French leader, whose country has with Britain led efforts to assemble a coalition to reopen the strait once peace is secured.
