President Emmanuel Macron has said France had not been consulted and wasn’t taking part in the war against Iran, after US President Donald Trump criticised the country’s overflight ban on planes carrying military supplies for the conflict.
“It is absolutely true that France, which has not been consulted and is not part of this military offensive launched by the US and Israel, is not taking part in it,” Macron said in an interview with Japanese broadcaster NHK during his visit to Tokyo, adding that it had been France’s stance since “day one” of the war.
