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military mission to secure the Hormuz Strait with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday
Hormuz if US blockade continues **Britain will make “a wide-ranging military contribution” to an international mission
Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/strait-of-hormuz) after the conflict, including sending mine - clearing and other military vessels, the Wall Street Journal reported. French president Emmanuel Macron said the plan is for an international defensive mission
mission:** France and Britain will lead a multinational effort to safeguard freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz “as soon as conditions allow,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. - **China visit hinted:** Trump says
mission to protect commercial shipping when the fighting stops. That includes demining the route, intelligence sharing, military escorts and ensuring Iran does not charge ships for passing through the waterway. The shipping route had been
mission to protect commercial shipping when the fighting stops. That includes demining the route, intelligence sharing, military escorts and ensuring Iran does not charge ships for passing through the waterway. Starmer said the reopening
mission to protect commercial shipping when the fighting stops. That includes demining the route, intelligence sharing, military escorts and ensuring Iran does not charge ships for passing through the waterway. Starmer said the reopening
Hormuz” before any mission could proceed. Washington’s absence from the table was deliberate. Macron said the mission to provide security for shipping through the strait would be “strictly defensive” and limited to non-belligerent
mission accomplished”](https://millercenter.org/americas-war-in-iraq/mission-accomplished-moment) banner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln six weeks after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But there was no mistaking the boastful claims asserted on Friday by [Donald Trump
Hormuz since it imposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports. In a post on X, the Central Command said US forces were still enforcing the blockade “against ships entering or exiting Iranian ports and coastal
Hormuz Strait situation is over", he added that he had received a call from Nato offering help. "I TOLD THEM TO STAY AWAY, UNLESS THEY JUST WANT TO LOAD UP THEIR SHIPS WITH OIL. They
Hormuz. The US president also threatened consequences for countries such as Spain, including troop withdrawals, and accused allies including the UK of not “stepping up”, saying they were “abandoning” the US. He added that those
military action as going well](http://npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5781002/georgia-focus-groups-trump-iran-war). ![President Trump is seen speaking about the Iran war on a TV in the White House on April 1. Polls have found the war to be unpopular
Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep of Iran," he wrote on X. Iranian state
mission in southern Lebanon mediating. In the current war, Lebanon’s government – which says it is committed to disarming the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group – called for direct talks early on. Last week, Israel announced