UK’s Starmer and Trump discussed military options for Strait of Hormuz英国总理斯塔默和特朗普讨论了霍尔木兹海峡的军事选项。
French President Emmanuel Macron also has raised the possibility of Europeans securing the crucial waterway, but only after the war ends.
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that he discussed military capabilities and the logistics of moving vessels though the Strait of Hormuz when he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump a day earlier.
“We’ve been pulling together a coalition of countries ... working on a political, diplomatic plan, but also looking at military capabilities and ... the logistics of actually moving vessels through the Strait,” Starmer said during his visit to the Gulf.
“That was the focus of the discussion last night - reflection on what I’ve been discussing here, but also that focus on a practical plan in relation to navigation through the Strait.”
He did not provide further details.
Asked if he raised U.S. threats of withdrawing from NATO with Trump, Starmer did not answer directly but said the alliance was in both the U.S. and Europe’s interests.
“NATO is a defensive alliance which, for decades, has kept us much safer than we would otherwise have been,” he said.
(Reporting by William James; Editing by Muvija M)
伦敦——英国首相基尔·斯塔默周五表示，他前一天与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普通话时，讨论了军事能力以及船只通过霍尔木兹海峡的后勤保障问题。
“我们一直在联合各国……制定政治外交计划，同时也在研究军事能力以及……实际调动船只通过海峡的后勤保障，”斯塔默在访问海湾地区时说道。
“昨晚讨论的重点就是反思我在这里讨论的内容，同时也关注与通过海峡航行相关的实际计划。”
他没有提供更多细节。
当被问及是否曾向特朗普提及美国威胁退出北约时，斯塔默没有直接回答，但他表示，北约符合美国和欧洲的利益。
他说：“北约是一个防御性联盟，几十年来，它使我们比没有它时更加安全。”
（威廉·詹姆斯报道；穆维贾·M编辑）