European leaders seize G7 summit to address Hormuz reopening as Iran weighs fees
Allies from the G7 group will on Monday seek common ground with US President Donald Trump at a summit in France following the fresh agreement between Washington and Iran.
Macron said in a post on Instagram overnight that the summit will examine the "consequences" of the Iran accord, which is due to be signed in neighbouring Switzerland on Friday, in terms of the implications for Lebanon, the lasting reopening of Hormuz and Iran's ballistic activities.
He later added in a post on X that a UK-France mission to aid the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz had its assets in place and was "ready to be deployed".
European leaders are impatient to see the Strait reopened after the limiting of shipping traffic during the war caused a spike in global energy prices.
Adding to the uncertainty, Iran's Fars news agency said Tehran had added a clause to the framework deal on imposing maritime service fees for transiting Hormuz.
