The UK and France will hold a fresh summit of military planners to discuss how the Strait of Hormuz can be kept open, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron continue a diplomatic push to restore free transit through the vital shipping route.
Planners from more than 30 countries will participate in the talks in a two-day conference in north London, which will “advance military plans to reopen the Strait, as soon as conditions permit, following a sustainable ceasefire agreement,” the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said in a statement.
Starmer and Macron have been leading efforts to coordinate a plan to keep the Strait open once the Iran war ends, though they’ve resisted US President Donald Trump’s request for allied nations to re-open the key shipping channel by force.
Starmer and Macron hosted a summit on the issue in Paris last week, stressing the plan would
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