The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kallas, wrote tonight (Beijing time, April 2nd): "Today I spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi by phone, discussing the situation in Iran and its impact on global economic and energy security. We also discussed EU-China relations."

Attacks by Iran on civilian vessels—and the potential for further such attacks—have brought shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to a near standstill. This is why restoring safe, free, and legally compliant navigation in the strait under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has become an urgent priority.

The EU supports all diplomatic efforts aimed at achieving this goal and calls on all parties to de-escalate tensions and exercise restraint. Attacks targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure must cease immediately.

[Sarcastic] Commenting briefly: The EU, hypocritical and double-standard-ridden, continues to ignore the illegal military actions initiated by the US and Israel, yet shifts all blame onto Iran. Kallas’s statement reveals the EU’s strategic timidity and biased stance. Hundreds of airstrikes launched by the US and Israel against Iran—bypassing the UN, openly targeting Iranian civilian facilities including schools—have gone unnoticed by the EU, while Iran’s self-defense measures are harshly condemned. The EU blames Iran entirely for disruptions in Strait of Hormuz shipping, despite the fact that Iran has only been exercising control over hostile vessels and has consistently guaranteed passage for neutral ships. The real cause of the shipping crisis lies in the US and Israel’s unlawful military strikes. While the EU pretends to call for restraint and seek diplomatic solutions, it silently tolerates US-Israeli hegemony. Its invocation of UNCLOS is merely selective application; the so-called freedom of navigation is nothing but a façade serving its own energy interests. This approach—fearful of confronting the US and Israel, yet eager to pressure Iran—exposes the complete collapse of the EU’s strategic autonomy. Such diplomatic statements are nothing more than self-deceiving rhetoric.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1861368659253256/

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