{"id":6701,"date":"2026-04-03T13:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/6701\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:19:09","slug":"france-no-longer-hostile-nation-after-macron-snubs-trump-iran-allows-ship-to-pass-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/6701\/","title":{"rendered":"France no longer hostile nation? After Macron snubs Trump, Iran allows ship to pass Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pic-20.jpg\" alt=\"France no longer hostile nation? After Macron snubs Trump, Iran allows ship to pass Hormuz\" title=\".\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> A French-owned container ship crossed the Strait of Hormuz, a possible sign that Iran may no longer view France as a hostile nation after President <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/emmanuel-macron\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a> criticised US President Donald Trump\u2019s stance on the conflict.The Malta-flagged Kribi, owned by French shipping group CMA CGM, crossed the strategic waterway on April 2, according to MarineTraffic vessel tracking data. It is the first French-owned vessel to make the passage since US-Israeli attacks on Iran began at the end of February.  <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Iran Vows REVENGE After UK, France, Japan \u2018Jump Into\u2019 War To Rescue Trump | Strait Of Hormuz Crisis The crossing came shortly after Macron publicly broke with Trump over the war and rejected any military attempt to reopen the Strait.Speaking during a visit to South Korea, Macron said proposals, \u201csometimes expressed by the United States\u201d, to militarily secure the strategic waterway were not viable.\u201cIt is unrealistic because it would take an inordinate amount of time and would expose anyone crossing the strait to coastal threats,\u201d he said, pointing to risks from Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards and missile capabilities.Also read | <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/cant-keep-contradicting-himself-every-day-macron-jabs-trump-for-iran-flip-flops\/articleshow\/129978063.cms\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Can\u2019t keep contradicting himself every day\u2019: Macron jabs Trump for Iran flip-flops<\/a>He added that any resolution required \u201ca ceasefire and a resumption of negotiations\u201d with Iran, according to AFP.Macron also criticised Trump\u2019s shifting messaging on the conflict. \u201cYou have to be serious. When you want to be serious, you don&#8217;t say the opposite every day of what you said the day before. And perhaps you shouldn&#8217;t talk every day.\u201dIt was not immediately clear how the vessel secured safe passage. However, LSEG shipping data showed the ship changed its destination on Thursday to \u201cOwner France\u201d before crossing Iranian territorial waters, signalling to Iranian authorities the nationality of its owner.The vessel had originally been bound for Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo. Tracking data later showed it sailing south along the coast of Oman.CMA CGM did not immediately respond to a request for comment. France\u2019s foreign ministry declined to comment.Before the war led to the effective closure of the Strait, the route carried about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies. The waterway remains severely disrupted amid the wider Middle East conflict.Since the start of US-led military operations, Trump has made varying statements on strategy, allies and escalation, drawing scrutiny both domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A French-owned container ship crossed the Strait of Hormuz, a possible sign that Iran may no longer view&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[6787,242,6789,6791,2173,6788,6792,6790,67,1316],"class_list":{"0":"post-6701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-emmanuel-macron","8":"tag-cma-cgm","9":"tag-emmanuel-macron","10":"tag-french-container-ship","11":"tag-french-government","12":"tag-iran-revolutionary-guards","13":"tag-marine-traffic-data","14":"tag-military-security-proposals","15":"tag-oil-supply-route","16":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","17":"tag-us-iran-conflict"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116340979407717675","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}