Wanting to avoid being drawn into the US's blockade of the key shipping route, Macron and Starmer aim to establish a multilateral and 'strictly defensive' plan to secure the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump had signaled that other countries would help the U.S. in its blockade.

UK PM Keir Starmer rejects supporting a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions with Iran.