BRUSSELS — French President Emmanuel Macron said France was looking into ways of unblocking the Strait of Hormuz by acting at the United Nations level.
“We have begun an exploratory process, and we will see in the coming days if it has a chance of succeeding,” Macron announced on Friday in response to a question from POLITICO after a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels.
The French president said that he “explained to the U.N. Secretary-General [António Guterres] this afternoon that France intends to sound out its main partners, and in particular the members of the Security Council, on whether it would be appropriate to establish a U.N. framework for what we want to do in the Strait of Hormuz.”
Macron said that he discussed that idea with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a call on Thursday morning and with Guterres, who on Thursday joined the European Council for lunch. Macron then informed other EU leaders.
