French aircraft carrier group moving into Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

PARIS, May 6 (Reuters) - ​France's ⁠Charles de Gaulle aircraft ​carrier group is moving into ​the ‌Red Sea and Gulf ⁠of Aden as part of ⁠efforts by ​France and Britain to prepare for a future mission to help ​freedom ‌of navigation on the strait of Hormuz, France’s military said on Wednesday.

The ​French Armed Forces ministry said ‌in a statement that the aircraft carrier group ‌had crossed the Suez Canal on Wednesday, en route to the ​south of the Red Sea.

This ‌French aircraft carrier strike group was deployed to the eastern Mediterranean ⁠shortly ⁠after the U.S ‌and Israel launched air strikes on Iran, ​and ​it can ‌stay at sea between four to five months. (Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)