Rare joint statement from leaders of European nations makes clear they did not participate in US-Israeli strikes

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European leaders have urged Iran to seek a “negotiated solution” as they attempt to end the outbreak of war between the US, Israel and Iran through diplomatic means. They also clarified that they did not participate in the strikes.

In a rare joint statement, the leaders of France, Germany and UK called on the Iranian state to allow its people to determine their own future and condemned Tehran’s retaliatory attacks on US army bases in the region.