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

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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.

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“We condemn in the strongest terms the regime’s ⁠reckless ​attacks against civilians ​and civilian infrastructure, including energy infrastructure,” ​they said.

Reporting by John Irish

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