BRUSSELS (CN) — European leaders seized on a two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire Wednesday with unconcealed relief, after days of watching U.S. President Donald Trump threaten to erase “a whole civilization” — and their own energy supplies with it.
In a joint statement, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Britain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain and the EU institutions welcomed the truce, thanked Pakistan for its mediation and called for “a swift and lasting end to the war within the coming days.” The officials pledged European support for freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and called on all sides to implement the ceasefire — including in Lebanon.
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