The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the Trump administration plans to announce this week that several countries have agreed to form a coalition to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. According to US officials, the prospective coalition includes several countries that will conduct escort operations in the Strait of Hormuz. The newspaper also noted that discussions regarding the coalition are still ongoing about whether operations will begin before or after the conclusion of current military actions. Earlier, the Financial Times, citing an official, reported that EU foreign ministers will discuss the possibility of expanding the bloc's 'Aspides' naval mission to the Strait of Hormuz. The official stated that a joint EU-UN naval mission to ensure safe passage 'seems more likely'. On Saturday, US President Donald Trump called on several countries to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz. The US president wrote on his Truth Social platform: 'Several countries will send warships, in cooperation with the United States, to keep the Strait open and safe.' He continued: 'We hope that China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and other countries will send ships to the region so that the Strait of Hormuz does not remain threatened by a head-chopping state.' Trump later confirmed that 'countries of the world that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz must take care of this passage, and we will be of great help.'
