Macron rules out French participation in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait

Macron rules out French participation in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out the country's participation in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, adding that France was carrying on with work to prepare a coalition that could provide freedom of navigation once hostilities ended. "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 ca