Britain and France are gathering military planners from about 30 countries to flesh out details of a mission to provide security in the Strait of Hormuz — if and when the key shipping route reopens, The Times of Israel reports.
Britain’s Defense Ministry says the two-day meeting at a UK command-and-control center in London aims to “turn diplomatic consensus into a detailed military plan.”
The plan is for an international mission to protect merchant vessels, clear mines and provide reassurance, and is dependent on a “sustainable” ceasefire being reached in the US-Israel war with Iran.
Countries, including France and the UK, have pledged to send ships and mine-clearing drones.
Despite skepticism that the plan will ever be put into action, British Defense Secretary John Healey says he is “confident that, over the next two days, real progress can be made.”
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