US Allies Wary of Joining Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Mission

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US allies including EU member states, Japan, and the UK are reluctant to commit to President Trump's demand to join a naval mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, citing fears of escalating the Iran war. European foreign ministers are cautious about redirecting an existing Red Sea naval mission, while Japan has explicitly ruled out dispatching vessels.

US allies deflected President Donald Trump’s demands to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, expressing unease about getting pulled into the war in Iran. In Brussels, European Union foreign ministers stressed that they did not want to escalate the war, treading cautiously about even redirecting an existing Red Sea naval mission to the vital passage for energy shipments. In Japan, officials said there were no plans to dispatch ships to escort stalled tankers. The UK similarly wouldn’t commit to a full naval mission.