Military planners from more than 30 nations began two days of meetings on April 23 at the U.K.’s Permanent Joint Headquarters at Northwood, North London, to advance detailed planning to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “The work is part of the U.K. and French leadership of a multinational coalition to reopen the Strait. The sessions will advance military plans to reopen the Strait, as soon as conditions permit, following a sustainable ceasefire agreement,” said a U.K. Ministry of Defense statement issued ahead of the meeting. “The planning sessions build on the progress made last week by the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron at an international summit of 51 countries in Paris.”
“The task, today and tomorrow, is to translate the diplomatic consensus into a joint plan to safeguard freedom of navigation in the Strait and support a lasting ceasefire,” U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey said ahead of the conference.
