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(Bloomberg) — The Group of Seven leaders pushed for a de-escalation in the Middle East but didn’t call for an immediate end to the conflict between Israel and Iran in a statement that also affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself.
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“We urge that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza,” the leaders said in the statement.
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The language was watered down from an earlier draft that the US had opposed seeking restraint from both sides in line with international law. The earlier version had also said a diplomatic solution was the best way to resolve the crisis, language that was removed from the final version.
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The statement also labels Iran as “the principal source of regional instability and terror” and says that the group of world leaders “have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”
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US President Donald Trump signed onto the the statement after changes were made to the initial draft, and after further discussions with other leaders, according to a US official, who described the conversations as productive.
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Trump cut his G-7 trip to Canada short by a day and is flying back to Washington to deal with the ongoing situation in the Middle East, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. Earlier Monday, Trump warned residents of Tehran to evacuate the city in the face of continued Israeli air strikes, while also calling on Iran to make a deal to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
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(Updates with details of negotiations in fifth paragraph.)
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