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Leading European nations, Japan and Canada issued a associated connection on Thursday (March 19, 2026) saying they were acceptable to articulation due efforts to ensure harmless transition done the Strait of Hormuz and would instrumentality steps to stabilise vigor markets.
This is the afloat substance of the connection from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Canada:
We condemn successful the strongest presumption caller attacks by Iran connected unarmed commercialized vessels successful the Gulf, attacks connected civilian infrastructure including lipid and gas installations, and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces.
We explicit our heavy concern astir the escalating conflict. We telephone connected Iran to cease instantly its threats, laying of mines, drone and rocket attacks and different attempts to artifact the Strait to commercial shipping, and to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2817.
Freedom of navigation is simply a cardinal rule of planetary law, including nether the United Nations Convention connected the Law of the Sea.
The effects of Iran’s actions volition be felt by radical successful each parts of the world, particularly the astir vulnerable.
Consistent with UNSC Resolution 2817, we emphasise that specified interference with planetary shipping and the disruption of planetary vigor proviso chains represent a menace to planetary bid and security. In this regard, we telephone for an contiguous broad moratorium connected attacks connected civilian infrastructure, including lipid and state installations.
We explicit our readiness to lend to due efforts to guarantee harmless transition done the Strait. We invited the committedness of nations who are engaging in preparatory planning.
We invited the International Energy Agency determination to authorise a coordinated release of strategical petroleum reserves. We volition instrumentality different steps to stabilise vigor markets, including moving with certain producing nations to summation output.
We volition besides enactment to provide enactment for the astir affected nations, including done the United Nations and the IFIs (International Financial Institutions).
Maritime security and state of navigation payment each countries. We telephone connected each states to respect planetary instrumentality and uphold the cardinal principles of planetary prosperity and security.
