Kallas says 'no appetite' to shift mandate of EU naval mission in the strait of Hormuz

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Kallas says 'no appetite' to shift mandate of EU naval mission in the strait of Hormuz  The EU's foreign affairs ministers gathered in Brussels a day after US president Donald Trump increased pressure on the bloc to help protect the Strait of Hormuz, warning that NATO faces a “very bad” future if its members fail to come to Washington’s aid.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/03/16/kallas-says-no-appetite-to-shift-mandate-of-eu-naval-mission-in-the-strait-of-hormuz  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:01The EU's foreign policy chief Gaya Kala said there was quote-unquote no appetite to extend

00:07the mandate of the EU's naval mission into the Strait of Hormuz. Kala spoke in Brussels after

00:13the bloc's foreign affairs ministers gathered to discuss how Europe should respond to the impact

00:18of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. We discussed options to better protect the shipping in the

00:25region. EU already has naval operations in place. We have Aspidas that plays a key role in safeguarding

00:35the freedom of navigation. There was in our discussions a clear wish to strengthen this

00:43operation but for the time being there was no appetite in changing the mandate of the operation

00:51Aspidas for now. The war triggered what analysts describe as the largest disruption to global

00:58oil supplies in history. Kala's statement comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump increased

01:04pressure on Europe to help protect the waterway.

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