Meloni Joins Paris Talks on Reopening Strait of Hormuz

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attended a summit in Paris on the Strait of Hormuz, where she said reopening the strait is essential to resolving the Middle East conflict. Meloni stated Italy is available to provide ships, and she joined French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in welcoming the reopening of the strait. Cyprus also took part in the international security talks. Separately, former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called for a European strategy and criticized what he described as Donald Trump's global chaos and the populism of Viktor Orbán and Meloni.