Emmanuel Macron on Thursday dismissed Donald Trump’s suggestion that western countries should use force to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as “unrealistic”, as the UK hosted talks with 41 nations about how to increase diplomatic pressure on Iran to reopen the strategic waterway.
The French president said restoring shipping in the strait was only possible “in co-ordination with Iran” following a ceasefire in hostilities with the US and Israel.
A military operation to re-establish freedom of navigation “would take forever, and would expose all those who go through the strait to risks from the Revolutionary Guards but also ballistic missiles”, Macron told reporters during a trip to South Korea.
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