South Korean President Lee Jae-myung announced on Friday that he and French President Emmanuel Macron will work together to open the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping, though Macron had claimed as recently as Thursday that asking France for help was “unrealistic.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also offered to help defend the strait on Thursday.
“President Macron and I agreed to share policy-related experiences and strategies in order to jointly address the economic and energy crises triggered by the Middle East war. We also concurred on working together to reduce uncertainty in the global economy,” President Lee said at a joint press conference with Macron in Seoul on Friday.
“We confirmed our commitment to bolstering energy security by expanding our cooperation in the nuclear and offshore wind power sectors while collaborating to secure safe maritime transport routes through the Strait of Hormuz,” he said.
The two leaders did not
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