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BumRushDaShow

(169,201 posts)
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 05:55 PM 18 hrs ago

G7 ready to act to protect global energy supplies, backs Hormuz Strait security

Source: Reuters

March 21, 2026 2:58 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago


PARIS, March 21 (Reuters) - 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.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/g7-ready-act-protect-global-energy-supplies-backs-hormuz-strait-security-2026-03-21/

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G7 ready to act to protect global energy supplies, backs Hormuz Strait security (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago OP
" We condemn in the strongest terms the regime's ⁠reckless ​attacks..." EarthFirst 18 hrs ago #1
The Diaper Regime ananda 18 hrs ago #2
Iran is not inflicting pain on them Bayard 18 hrs ago #3
Oil is worth more than integrity Smilo 17 hrs ago #4
A strongly worded letter is next /nt progree 16 hrs ago #5
Wait! WHAT??!?? AZ8theist 8 hrs ago #6

EarthFirst

(4,130 posts)
1. " We condemn in the strongest terms the regime's ⁠reckless ​attacks..."
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 05:58 PM
18 hrs ago

Which regime?

/sarcasm

Bayard

(29,539 posts)
3. Iran is not inflicting pain on them
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 06:05 PM
18 hrs ago

Its all trump, and maybe a little bit of his bestie, Bibi. Things may go back to status quo if they get him under control. Best do it now before he decides to start bombing another country. It may be one of you if you piss him off. The leader of our no longer free country is insane.

Smilo

(2,029 posts)
4. Oil is worth more than integrity
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 06:44 PM
17 hrs ago

"We reaffirm the importance of safeguarding maritime routes, and safety of navigation ... as well as the safety and security of supply chains and the stability of energy markets"
So they are for the backing of an illegal war because it's affecting pocket books. They aren't condeming the Israel/US coaltion - the ones that started this - for no goddamn reason at all, no they are condemning a country that has been attacked. So disgusting. And even as they show support trump is throwing that support in their faces by waiving sanctions for Iran for oil (at sea). And per the AP - "The Republican president then suggested the U.S. could pull out of the conflict without stabilizing the Strait of Hormuz, the channel through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply travels. The strait has been ravaged by Iranian missile, drone and mine attacks during the war. so where would that leave the G7?

AZ8theist

(7,323 posts)
6. Wait! WHAT??!??
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 04:15 AM
8 hrs ago

The G7 is condeming in the "strongest terms" the attacks against energy infrstructure??

Yet Dotard just threatened to blow up Irans largest electrical power plant????

What am I missing here????

Other than the complete imbecility of the current illegal US regime?

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