🇮🇹🇮🇷 Italy is sending 2 minesweepers to the Strait of Hormuz, with up to 2 more vessels for escort and logistics.
Over 40 countries joined last week's Paris coordination meeting. Europe is assembling its own Gulf security coalition, separate from the U.S.
When Hormuz sneezes, Europeans pay €2.30/liter at the pump, this deployment is what energy dependency looks like when it stops being abstract.
Source: Reuters