{"id":910369,"date":"2026-04-22T04:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/910369\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:51:20","slug":"military-planners-to-discuss-hormuz-reopening-in-london-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/910369\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Planners to Discuss Hormuz Reopening in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) &#8211; Military planners \u2060from \u2060more than 30 countries \u2060will hold two-day talks in London from \u200bWednesday to advance a mission to reopen the Strait \u200cof Hormuz and draw \u200cup detailed plans, the British government said.<\/p>\n<p>More than \u2060a \u2060dozen countries said last week they were willing to \u200bjoin an international mission, led by Britain and France, to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz when conditions \u200bpermit.<\/p>\n<p>The commitment came after some 50 countries from Europe, Asia \u2060and \u2060the Middle East joined \u2060a \u200bvideo conference aimed at sending a signal to Washington after \u200bU.S. President \u2060Donald Trump said he did not need allies&#8217; help.<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s Ministry of Defence said in a statement the meeting on Wednesday would build on progress made at \u2060last week&#8217;s talks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The task, today and tomorrow, is to translate \u2060the diplomatic consensus into a joint plan to safeguard freedom of navigation in the Strait and support a lasting ceasefire,&#8221; said UK defence minister John Healey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am confident that, over the next two days, real progress can be made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Britain said the talks would advance military plans to reopen \u2060the Strait of Hormuz once conditions allow, following a sustainable ceasefire. Participants are expected to discuss military capabilities, command and control arrangements, and how forces \u200bcould deploy to the region.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Catarina \u200bDemony; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)<\/p>\n<p><b data-rte2-sanitize=\"bold\">Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Photos You Should See \u2013 April 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/april-21-pyss-x01.jpg\" alt=\"SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA - APRIL 20: Children huddle to pray during a memorial gathering on April 20, 2026 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Eight children were killed and two women were wounded during a domestic violence incident in the early morning hours of April 19th, according to local authorities. (Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)\" class=\"Image__PictureImage-sc-412cjc-1 bBgODV Image-sc-412cjc-2 SlideshowEmbed__Picture-fkpjfn-0 kQDDcT bUlaJL\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) &#8211; Military planners \u2060from \u2060more than 30 countries \u2060will hold two-day talks in London&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,255845,393,299,36,4884,774,257,839,51924,16,15,49,263],"class_list":["post-910369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-collections-world","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-great-britain","tag-iran","tag-london","tag-middle-east","tag-reuters","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-states","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116446566314261656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}