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The United Kingdom has sent a small group of military planners to collaborate with the United States in an effort to devise a "workable collective plan" to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a UK defense official said Thursday.
The planners will join British personnel already working with U.S. Central Command, the official said.
The move comes as the US and its allies have sought to respond to Iran's de facto closure of the key waterway after the US and Israel launched military operations against Iran. US President Donald Trump has publicly called for support from allies to reopen the strait, but has also argued that the US does not need such help.
Meanwhile, the partners have stressed that they are unlikely to send military assets to the strait due to active hostilities.
"We express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the strait," the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan said in a joint statement on Thursday.
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