The mission, to be launched 'as soon as conditions allow', will be strictly peaceful and defensive. Its primary goals are to reassure commercial shipping and support mine clearance operations in the strait.
On August 9, 1982, three to five men threw a grenade into Jo Goldenberg, a Jewish-owned restaurant in the Rue des Rosiers, in Paris's historic Marais district, before opening fire on the street outside. Six people were killed and 22 wounded in the incident.
Macron underscored the need for France and South Korea to cooperate to help reopen the strait and deescalate Middle East animosities, affirming their resolve to secure the safe shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz.