France has drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution on setting up an international mission to restore movement in the Strait of Hormuz and could submit it if conditions are right, the foreign
France has drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution on setting up an international mission to restore movement in the Strait of Hormuz and could submit it if conditions are right, the foreign ministry said on Friday, as Washington struggles to bring to a vote a text Russia and China may say is biased against Tehran.
Control of the narrow waterway, a vital artery for global energy trade whose virtual closure has led to spiralling oil prices, is a major obstacle in talks to end the three-month-old U.S.-Iran war.
A U.S.-Bahraini resolution on the strait has been under discussion for more than two weeks, with a vote repeatedly delayed as China and Russia signal they could veto it.
The U.S.-Bahraini draft resolution demands Iran halt attacks and mining in the strait. China and Russia vetoed a similar U.S.-backed text in April, arguing it was biased against Tehran.
Washington has secured almost 140 countries to co-sponsor its text in the hope of avoiding a veto, two European diplomats said.
France, another veto-wielding power, has so far refused to back the U.S. text.
"There is a draft resolution between the U.S. and Bahrain currently under discussion. This forms the basis of the current
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