{"id":97888,"date":"2026-05-18T11:13:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/?p=97888"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:13:54","slug":"g7-is-right-forum-to-discuss-ending-iran-conflict-german-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/g7-is-right-forum-to-discuss-ending-iran-conflict-german-minister-says\/","title":{"rendered":"G7 is right forum to discuss ending Iran conflict, German minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN: The Group of Seven countries is the right forum for discussing how \u200bto bring a lasting end to the war in Iran, which along with the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz poses a serious threat to the global economy, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said \u200con Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Klingbeil \u200cwill travel to \u200bParis \u200cto \u2060join \u200ba meeting \u2060of G7 finance ministers and central bankers on Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur path as Europeans remains clear: We rely on cooperation rather than confrontation,\u201d Klingbeil said. \u201cWe rely on partnerships, reliability, \u2060open trade, and the \u200cstrength of \u200cthe rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister \u200bsaid recent crises \u200chad underlined the need for Germany \u200cand Europe to become more independent and resilient, particularly in raw materials, energy and supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>He said there would \u200calso be talks in Paris with finance ministers from Brazil, \u2060India, \u2060South Korea and Kenya in a push to broaden international partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also said Germany would not allow the Middle East crisis to distract from Russia\u2019s war with Ukraine. Klingbeil is scheduled to sign a double taxation agreement in Paris with his Ukrainian counterpart, Sergii \u200bMarchenko.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis strengthens \u200beconomic exchange and creates legal certainty,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN: The Group of Seven countries is the right forum for discussing how \u200bto bring a lasting end to the war in Iran, which along with the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz poses a serious threat to the global economy, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said \u200con Monday. Klingbeil \u200cwill travel to \u200bParis \u200cto &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":97905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97908,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97888\/revisions\/97908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}