“We’re not supporting the blockade,” he said.
Starmer confirmed Britain does have “minesweeping capability,” but declined to comment on “operational matters.”
Emmanuel Macron stopped short of spelling out his opposition to Trump’s blockade in an online post Monday, instead warning the conflict in the Middle East must be resolved “through diplomacy.”
“We mustn’t spare any effort in order to quickly reach a strong and longterm resolution of the conflict in the Middle East through diplomacy,” the French president wrote.
He said he will co-host a conference of countries that want to take part “in a peaceful multinational mission” to restore freedom of navigation in the strait in the coming days.
“This mission [will be] strictly defensive and separate from the belligerents, and will be deployed as soon as the situation permits,” Macron said.