France rejects NATO role in Hormuz mission
France rejected the idea of NATO taking part in any international mission to secure navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, saying the military alliance was not designed for operations in the Middle East.
“The North Atlantic Treaty applies to the North Atlantic,” French foreign ministry spokesman Pascal Confavreux said on Thursday. “It is neither its purpose, nor in reality the appropriate alliance” to focus on Hormuz, he told a weekly press briefing.
