FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin France and United Kingdom are co-chairing a meeting on 17 April, of about 40 countries to signal to the United States that allies are prepared to help restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, but only once conditions stabilize. Iran has largely restricted the strait since U.S.-Israeli airstrikes began on February 28, while Washington has imposed a blockade on Iranian shipping. Donald Trump has urged allies to help enforce it, criticizing NATO partners for holding back. European countries argue that joining the blockade would mean entering the war, though they are open to a post-conflict security role. RelatedNews South Korea condemns attack on HMM vessel “in the strongest terms” JMIC: Security remains highly volatile across key regions var jnews_module_21370272_0_6a01ff16960a2 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21370272","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,280,2647,2115","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ad