EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) 鈥� Leaders at the on Wednesday threw their support behind U.S. President Donald Trump’s with Iran to open the and further extend a shaky ceasefire 鈥� even though he’s offered scant specificity about how that would be implemented.
In a declaration issued overnight, the leaders called the deal a 鈥渉istoric opportunity to prevent Iran from acquiring any nuclear weapon and tackling the threats related to its regional and ballistic activities.鈥� The leaders said that they were 鈥渞eady to contribute to its implementation,鈥� although neither the White House nor Iran has released the text of the agreement.
According to of an interim agreement, Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once the deal is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions. Officials say the leaked text broadly matches the document.
The accord, in a ceremony in Switzerland on Friday, lays out that the U.S. would work to end all American and United Nations sanctions imposed on Tehran if a is reached.
Trump, however, said the deal is still under wraps. He was speaking at a one-to-one meeting with Egyptian President .
鈥淣obody knows what it is but it鈥檚 very strong,鈥� he told reporters. He added: 鈥淚t鈥檚 a memorandum of understanding and if I don鈥檛 like it, we鈥檒l go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs.鈥�
The final day of summit talks started late with Trump, the last to arrive, saying 鈥淚鈥檓 the boss鈥� as he entered the room and sat next to host French President . The assembled leaders laughed, and Trump grinned.
The G7 leaders were closing the formal talks of the leading industrial democracies at a lakeside resort in the French Alps on Wednesday with sessions on the future of and fostering economic growth.
They discussed concerns that with subsidized products, unfairly out-competing their own industries and destroying jobs. Leaders of India, South Korea, Kenya and Brazil also joined the meeting.
The U.S. leader later plans to make a stop for a outside of Paris before he jets back to Washington.
What’s in the deal
While G7 leaders gave it their backing, Trump still has to sell the deal to some members of his own party who doubt it will defang Iran鈥檚 nuclear program. At the same time, he faces an anxious international community looking for him to follow through on his promise that the deal will reopen the to oil tanker traffic, and keep it open.
The leaders said that an international maritime mission led by France and the U.K. 鈥渃an play an important role to facilitate the resumption of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz by protecting merchant vessels, reassuring commercial shipping operators, and supporting verification that all mines are removed.鈥�
Before the Iran war, a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded passed through the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime chokepoint that Iran has effectively shuttered since the first days of the conflict that began on Feb. 28.
The deal also calls for an immediate end to all between Israel and the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah. That is one of the most delicate parts of the agreement because Israel has maintained it will continue to defend itself and to occupy vast swaths of Lebanon. Iran has said , although the leaked versions make no mention of withdrawal.
In their declaration, G7 leaders said they supported 鈥渢hrough an immediate robust ceasefire鈥� Lebanese efforts to disarm Hezbollah, and protect Lebanon鈥檚 territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed nearly 4,000 people, including hundreds of civilians, and displaced more than 1 million since fighting there began on March 2. 鈥淚srael鈥檚 fighting Hezbollah too long, and too many people are being killed,鈥� Trump said.
Leaders vow to support Ukraine, tackle global drug gangs and migrant smugglers
In a flurry of declarations issued in the early hours of Wednesday, the G7 leaders stressed their support for Ukraine as it and agreed to increase deliveries of air defense systems. They also said they would bolster sanctions on Moscow, including on Russia’s oil and gas industries.
Leaders also pledged to step up the fight against the multibillion dollar international drug trade. The statement comes as Trump has been waging his own battle against drug traffickers.
on alleged drug-carrying boats transiting in Latin America have killed more than 200 people since September, when the Trump administration began an operation it has to stem the flow of drugs.
Critics have questioned the legality of the strikes.
In a separate declaration, the G7 leaders reaffirmed their efforts to halt migrant smuggling and human trafficking, which they said 鈥渃onstitute serious transnational crimes that erode the sovereign right of States to control their borders and expose smuggled and trafficked persons to life-threatening risks.鈥�
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Superville reported from Geneva. AP writers John Leicester in Evian-les-Bains, Jamey Keaten in Geneva, Mike Corder in The Hague, Netherlands, and Collin Binkley in Washington contributed reporting.
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