The foreign ministers of the Group of ?Seven countries said on ?Saturday they stood ready to take necessary measures to ?support global energy supplies ?and reaffirmed the importance of ?safeguarding maritime routes, including ?in the Strait of ?Hormuz.
"We ... express support to our partners in the region in the face ?of the unjustifiable attacks ?by the Islamic Republic of Iran ?and ?its proxies," the ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom ?and ?the ?United States, as well as the top ?EU diplomat, said in ?a ?statement.
"We condemn in the strongest terms the regime’s ?reckless ?attacks against civilians ?and civilian infrastructure, including energy infrastructure," ?they said.
(Reuters, March 21, 2026)
