French President Emmanuel Macron said he had "very constructive" talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump on the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.Macron spoke with Trump after arriving in New York ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations."We had a very good discussion.
It was very constructive," he told reporters after the meeting.Macron said there was a "willingness to reopen (the Strait of) Hormuz," a vital shipping route for the world's oil and gas, which has been blockaded by Iran during the war in the Middle East."Several solutions were discussed...which would make it possible, without a comprehensive deal, to find ways and means of allowing more container ships and tankers to go through," Macron said without giving additional details."The other issue we talked about was the situation in the Red Sea...It's important for global prices," he said.The Red Sea has become a key oil shipping route with the Strait of Hormuz blocked, but the takeover of a key strait by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis has complicated shipping operations there.Ukraine's defenceOn....
