G7 leaders say Iran can't have nukes, Israel has right to self-defence

The foreign ministers of the ‘Group of 7 (G7) countries have urged Iran to resume negotiations for a deal to address the country’s nuclear program in a joint statement on Monday. The statement said that they support the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, which was announced by United States President Donald Trump, and have urged all the parties to avoid actions that could “further destabilize the region”. The statement also reiterated in the context of the recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran that the former “has a right to defend itself.”

The foreign ministers of the G7 nations - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America - met on June 25 in The Hague and discussed Middle East tensions. In the joint statement released on Monday, the G7 countries appreciated Qatar’s “important” role in facilitating the ceasefire between Israel and Iran and expressed “full solidarity to Qatar and Iraq following the recent strikes by Iran and its proxies and partners against their territory.”

The statement reiterated the G7 nations’ stance that Iran “can never have nuclear weapons” and urged Iran from “reconstituting its unjustified enrichment activities”. “In order to have a sustainable and credible resolution, we call on Iran to urgently resume full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as required by its safeguards obligations and to provide the IAEA with verifiable information about all nuclear material in Iran, including by providing access to IAEA inspectors,” it added.