00:00EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaya Kala says the bloc is calling for greater clarity on U.S. and Israeli war
00:08objectives while urging diplomatic efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
00:12Kala acknowledged that the EU and the United States are allies, but she said the bloc does not fully understand
00:19the steps Washington is taking at this stage.
00:24Well, of course, we are allies with America, but we don't really understand their moves recently.
00:32Like I said, also, we haven't been consulted and we don't really understand what are the objectives of this war.
00:41So I think this is the underlying feeling.
00:45At the same time, I mean, we are willing to also invest in our relationship in the transatlantic partnership that
00:53has been under heavy strain.
00:56But, you know, it takes two to tango. Every relationship has two sides.
01:00The Trump administration has been demanding NATO members to support efforts to secure the Strait, through which about one-fifth
01:07of the world's oil supplies pass.
01:09Following an EU foreign minister's meeting on Monday, Kala said member states showed little appetite for expanding the bloc's naval
01:17mission to cover the Strait.
01:18She added it is time to bring the Iran war to an end.
01:22Several European countries, including Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, Finland, Sweden and Poland, have ruled out involvement with naval support
01:32in the Strait, citing limited resources and differing strategic priorities.
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