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French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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The leaders of France and the U.K. will gather dozens of countries — but not the United States — on Friday (April 17, 2026) to push forward plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
The Paris meeting is part of attempts by sidelined nations to ease the impact of a conflict they didn’t start and haven’t joined, but that has sent the global economy reeling. After the war started on Feb. 28, Iran effectively shut the narrow strait through which a fifth of the world’s oil usually passes.
Published – April 17, 2026 12:28 pm IST
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Macron, Starmer hold international summit on reopening Strait of Hormuz
