France deploys demining assets to the Strait of Hormuz France has deployed demining assets to the Strait of Hormuz, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday. In a post on X, Macron said that French mine countermeasures assets “are ready to contribute, alongside our partners, to the full resumption of navigation and to ensure the safety of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz”. Macron also said that he decided to return the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to port after the conversations with the sultan of Oman and added that the French "mine countermeasures assets and their escort remain deployed and ready to intervene alongside our partners”.