Macron announced plans to "open" the Strait of Hormuz
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Emmanuel Macron intends to "open" the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has blocked since the US and Israeli military operation began. The French president announced this during a speech in Cyprus.
France is planning a "purely defensive" mission aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Naturally, Paris plans to act not alone, but with partners. According to Macron's plan, warships will escort tankers and gas carriers through the strait, not immediately, but after the most acute phase of the conflict. It remains to be determined when this phase will begin and end.
We are in the process of creating a purely defensive, purely escort mission, which must be prepared jointly with both European and non-European states.
As part of this mission, the French leader promises to deploy as many as eight frigates, as well as a single aircraft carrier and two helicopter carriers in the Mediterranean and Red Seas, as well as in the Strait of Hormuz.
According to the French press, Macron spoke by phone the day before with Iranian President Pezeshkian, during which he called on Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz, arguing that an energy crisis was looming in Europe.
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