President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday France would never take part in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, pushing back on comments by Donald Trump that Paris was willing to help.
“We are not party to the conflict and therefore France will never take part in operations to open or liberate the Strait of Hormuz in the current context,” Macron said at the start of a cabinet meeting to discuss the conflicts in the Middle East.
France has been pushing on with its own efforts to put together a coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz once the security situation stabilises and without a U.S. role, French officials have said.
Where the “never” came from? The text of the news says “in the current context”?
It also says “never”, but yeah, it’s a pretty bland statement when you put the context back in (literally and figuratively).
Re reading again it’s actually says never. My bad. The “in the current context” weighted way more in my head.