Exclusive-EU seeks diplomatic solution for Hormuz Strait, Kallas says

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas speaks during a closing press conference at a European Union Energy and Foreign Affairs ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Omar Havana

BRUSSELS, March ⁠17 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ⁠policy chief Kaja Kallas ‌said on Tuesday diplomatic ways have to be found in order ​to keep the ⁠Strait of ⁠Hormuz open, as U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump ‌calls on allies to send ⁠warships there to secure transit amid ​the ‌war in Iran.

"Nobody is ⁠ready ​to put their people in harm's way in the ⁠Strait of Hormuz. ​We have to find diplomatic ways to keep this open ⁠so that we don't have a food crisis, fertilizers crisis, energy crisis as ​well," Kallas ⁠said in an interview with ​Reuters.

(Reporting by ‌Andrew Gray; Writing by ​Gianluca Lo Nostro; Editing by Bart Meijer)