The Islamic Republic responded to a joint statement by the United Kingdom and France about establishing a multinational military mission to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and warned that the waterway “is not a stage for the military display of extra-regional powers.” Previously, Keir Starmer, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, and Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, said in a joint statement that Oman has agreed to cooperate to ensure the security of shipping in its territorial waters in the Strait of Hormuz, and that London and Paris also announced their readiness to form a multinational military mission in order to protect freedom of navigation. Read: