France’s President Macron Says Forcing Open the Strait of Hormuz Is "Unrealistic"

The claim is strongly supported by two independently fetched reports: The Korea Times article 'Macron says military operation to 'liberate' Strait of Hormuz 'unrealistic'' and EFE's 'Macron nixes Trump’s ‘unrealistic’ Hormuz military plan'. Both specifically place Macron in Seoul/Korea and quote or closely paraphrase him saying that reopening the Strait of Hormuz by military force is unrealistic. Both also report that he called for a ceasefire and renewed negotiations with Iran. The BBC live page fetched here does not directly verify the exact Macron quote, so it is not relied upon for the core assessment.