Macron urges Trump to act on Hormuz and Ukraine as oil prices climb

French President Emmanuel Macron proposed measures to US President Donald Trump to ease global energy market pressure, including reopening the Strait of Hormuz, protecting Saudi oil infrastructure, and pursuing an "energy truce" between Russia and Ukraine. Macron and Trump discussed the Strait of Hormuz, where maritime traffic has been disrupted since war involving Iran, Israel, and the US began in February, impacting about 20 percent of global oil and gas trade. Paris seeks a UN Security Council resolution guaranteeing navigation freedom, with France and the UK leading a 40-country initiative for mine clearance and security, though Trump has shown little interest. Macron also urged faster, larger deliveries of air defense interceptors to Ukraine and raised an energy truce and Black Sea moratorium with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. France is prepared to provide "strictly defensive" protection for Saudi energy infrastructure, including the Red Sea port of Yanbu and the East-West pipeline.