PARIS, March 25 (Reuters) - France's Armed Forces chief Fabien Mandon will hold a technical meeting by videoconference "soon" with army chiefs from countries keen to play role in restoring maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, a French military official said on Wednesday.
The meeting would be unrelated to the United States approach to the issue and would remain in a framework of a defensive posture, the official said.
France has repeatedly said it would not take part in operations until hostilities had calmed in the region.