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Macron has acknowledged that the conditions for a mission in the Strait of Hormuz are not met

However, he has stressed that they must be "organized" to escort merchant ships in the area.

Emmanuel Macron,
Emmanuel Macron, in a stock image.

FrenchPresident Emmanuel Macro N acknowledged on Wednesday that "the conditions are not in place" to carry out a military mission to ensure maritime trade in the Strait of Hormuz, a "war zone," but stressed that they must be "organized" to escort merchant ships in the area.

In this regard, he has warned that Iran's military capacity has not been "reduced to zero, "and has explained that he is unaware thatthe Tehran regime has put mines in the Strait,contraryto what US President Donald Trump suggested.

Macron announced on Monday that an international "defensive" mission was under way to "gradually open" the Strait of Hormuz and specified that it would deploy eight frigates, two amphibious helicopters and a French aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean, suggesting that all this would "attract and mobilize" other European countries.

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