France to send military to protect Saudi Arabia on Red Sea oil route, Macron says

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• 01"We are going to send military resources, that is to say, soldiers, radar systems and defense systems, to protect this site - not to get us involved in any conflicts, but to protect this site," Macron told TF1 and France 2 TV.
• 02France to send military to protect Saudi Arabia on Red Sea oil route, Macron says.
• 03France will send troops and defense systems to Saudi Arabia to help protect the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, which is key for energy transport, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.
• 04Macron also said a US ban on diesel exports, which the White House has denied is under consideration, would be "catastrophic," both globally and for the US economy.
• 05Crude oil prices have surged recently as the main alternative route for Saudi oil exports through Yanbu has come under missile attacks from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.
• 06Macron dismissed a report by Spanish newspaper El Mundo that the US Central Intelligence Agency had warned European governments about the threat of potential drone attacks from the Mediterranean.
• 07Still, Macron said Russia is multiplying hostile and criminal acts against European countries, and France could face strikes similar to the failed attack in Leipzig.