Western allies push back on Trump call for Nato help to reopen HormuzBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer ruled out a Nato mission but said allies were working towards a 'viable' plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo: AFP)LONDON - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) allies and other Western nations pushed back Monday on US President Donald Trump's demand that alliance members help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical conduit for crude oil that Iran has effectively closed. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said London was working with allies to craft a "viable" plan to reopen the waterway, but ruled out a Nato mission, while Berlin insisted it was "not Nato's war". "Nato is an alliance for the defence of territory" and "the mandate to deploy Nato is lacking" in the current situation, Stefan Kornelius told reporters. From day one, we have called for de-escalation," Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told Danish media in Brussels before an EU foreign ministers' meeting.
