The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France, Italy, Germany, and Britain held a meeting today, Tuesday, on the sidelines of the G7 foreign ministers' meetings to discuss the latest developments in the Iran war. France called for the meeting to conduct extensive talks within the G7 summit regarding the situation in the Middle East.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian welcomed the participating foreign ministers at the meeting, including Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, German Foreign Minister Johan Wadephol, and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. They were joined by the Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, who arrived from Washington, where he held discussions about Iran with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Monday evening.

The French Foreign Ministry stated in a statement that the ministers would discuss the situation in the Near East and the Middle East, particularly the Iranian crisis and its security and economic repercussions on the region and the international community. The discussion will include the safety of maritime passages and ensuring the security of energy supplies through Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb. It will also address updates on the war and negotiations with the Iranian side, as well as Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza.

Since the outbreak of the Iran war, Iranian threats to shipping vessels in the Strait of Hormuz have significantly paralyzed maritime traffic, leading to a rise in global oil prices. Trump announced that he discussed the Iranian file with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait, and indicated the possibility of ending the war quickly, especially after "weakening and destroying Iran militarily."

In contrast, Iranian officials reiterated their insistence on their country's seven conditions for negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, through which five shipments of oil and gas passed globally before the war.