Not appropriate for NATO to play role in Hormuz mission, France says

​France on ​Thursday ‌dismissed the idea ​of NATO playing a role ‌in an international mission to enable freedom of navigation in ‌the Strait of Hormuz, its foreign ‌ministry spokesperson said.

"Our position is clear and constant. It is ⁠that ​the ⁠North Atlantic Treaty applies to the ⁠North Atlantic. It is neither ​its purpose, nor in reality the ⁠appropriate alliance, for it then ⁠to be ​focused on an issue in the Middle ⁠East and on Hormuz," Pascal Confavreux ⁠told ⁠reporters in a weekly briefing.