European, Mideast foreign ministers push peace and diplomacy at Istanbul talks

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Foreign ministers from eight European and Middle Eastern countries met in Istanbul to promote diplomacy on regional conflicts and other issues. Their agenda included the blocked Strait of Hormuz, Yemen, and efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Foreign ministers from eight European and Middle Eastern countries met in Istanbul on Friday in an unprecedented format, urging diplomacy and peaceful solutions to prevail across the Middle East as well as the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.  Ministers from Britain, France, Germany and Italy met counterparts from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt to discuss Hormuz -- a crucial trade route blocked in the Iran war -- Yemen and ways to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.