- NATO's top commander convened a videoconference to help allies coordinate contributions to keep the Strait of Hormuz open — but stressed this is not a NATO mission.
- France and Britain are leading a roughly dozen-country effort to guarantee safe passage once tensions ease.
- The strait is crucial to global oil flows (about one-fifth of traded oil pre-February), and any long-term arrangement would need Iran's buy-in.
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