From Fox News: France is pushing back on calls for military action in the Strait of Hormuz, with President Emmanuel Macron calling such an operation to reopen the vital waterway “unrealistic” and urging negotiations instead.
“There are people who advocate the idea of the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz by force, through a military operation, a position that has at times been expressed by the United States,” Macron told reporters Thursday during a visit to South Korea. “That has never been the option we have chosen, and we consider it unrealistic.”
Macron said a military operation “would take an infinite amount of time and would expose anyone passing through the strait to coastal threats from (Iran’s) Revolutionary Guard, who has capabilities, ballistic missiles and many other risks.”
The reopening of the Strait “can only be done in coordination with Iran,” through negotiations that would follow a potential ceasefire, Macron said.
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This comes after President Donald Trump delivered an address from the White House Wednesday night, and called upon other countries to “build up some delayed courage” and “just take” the Strait of Hormuz.
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