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 extend a shaky ceasefire.
Closing the three-day summit, French President Emmanuel Macron called it a 鈥渧ery good deal,鈥� adding that U.S. allies in the G7 support it 鈥渂ecause it鈥檚 an agreement that puts a stop to a situation of great instability that had terrible consequences for our economies.鈥�
At his own press conference, Trump hailed the deal as 鈥渉istoric鈥� and said other G7 leaders say 鈥渢hey love this deal because they want to see it over.鈥�
U.S. officials meanwhile dictated the to journalists, with details released after the summit ended.
The accord, in Switzerland on Friday, lays out that the U.S. would work to end all U.S. and United Nations sanctions imposed on Tehran if a is reached.
鈥淚 think it鈥檒l be done. They want to sign. They want to get back to a normal life,鈥� Trump said earlier Wednesday.
The final day of G7 talks at a lakeside resort in the French Alps started late with Trump, the last to arrive, saying 鈥淚鈥檓 the boss鈥� as he entered and sat next to . The assembled leaders laughed, and Trump grinned.
The formal talks of the leading industrial democracies closed with sessions on the 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 joined the meeting.
Trump later attended a outside Paris before he was scheduled to return to Washington. Before entering the palace, Trump complimented both Macron and his wife, Brigitte, whom the U.S. president greeted with a kiss on the cheek and called 鈥渁mazing.鈥�
Resuming traffic on the Strait of Hormuz is key
Trump still has to sell the deal to some members of his own Republican 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 G7 leaders said 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�
Iran effectively closed the strait early in the war that began on Feb. 28 with U.S. and Isreali attacks.
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.
The agreement that U.S. officials dictated to journalists on Wednesday also has provisions to ensure 鈥渢erritorial integrity鈥� of Lebanon after Israel鈥檚 latest attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanese territory.
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 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
In a flurry of unanimously agreed declarations, 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.
Trump called the conversations on ending the war in Ukraine 鈥減roductive鈥� and said both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy want to 鈥渄o something.”
鈥淭hey just don’t know how,鈥� he said.
Leaders also pledged to step up the fight against the multibillion-dollar international drug trade.
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�
Trump calls Modi 鈥榤ost beautiful-looking man鈥�
Trump said Wednesday after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the U.S. is 鈥渧ery close鈥� to reaching a trade deal with India, and then went on to lavish praise on Modi as 鈥渁 very tough negotiator.鈥�
鈥淗e鈥檚 the most beautiful-looking man. He looks so nice. He鈥檚 like an angel. But actually, he鈥檚 as tough as he鈥檚 a killer,鈥� Trump said.
The meeting with came at a choppy moment in the U.S.-India relationship, in part because of in the Middle East. On June 10 in a U.S. military strike on a tanker in the Gulf of Oman in the midst of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.
Modi alluded to the incident at their meeting, saying the safety of Indian mariners “is of utmost importance to us.鈥� He added he was 鈥渃onfident鈥� the issue of seafarers鈥� will be a top priority during implementation of the agreement between the United States and Iran.
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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 Seung Min Kim and Collin Binkley in Washington contributed reporting.
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