JAKARTA - French President Emmanuel Macron said the conflict with Iran is a war chosen by the United States (US) and Israel without consulting allies.
In this regard, Macron emphasized that France as an ally of the US who decided to refuse to engage in war did not need to provide further explanation.
"They [the US] then complained that they were not helped in the [military operation against Iran] which they decided on their own," Macron told reporters in South Korea, Thursday, April 2 local time, quoted by The Telegraph.
"It was not our operation," he said.
The firmness of the head of state of the NATO member was conveyed in response to US President Donald Trump's statement that he had personally asked Macron to send French warships to control the Strait of Hormuz as part of the impact of the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
However, Trump said Macron refused and offered help to the US "after the war was won."
Since then, Trump has been angry and has repeatedly expressed his disappointment to France and other US allies who have also refused to participate in the war against Iran.
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