New Delhi, March 17 -- Days after US President Donald Trump asked Europe and other allies to send their warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz "open and safe", Europe has made it clear that it will not help him secure the narrow waterway, responsible for 20% of the world's oil supply.

According to a Politico report, foreign ministers of the 27 European countries met in Brussels on Monday and discussed Trump's appeal to Europe, asking them to help him secure Hormuz, which has been blocked by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) since the conflict broke out.

While one of the proposals at the closed-door talks was to expand the mandate of the European Union's naval mission, Aspides, allowing European warships to patrol the strait...