Live updates: Trump joins other world leaders in France for second day of G7 summit
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed world leaders to the G7 summit in France Monday as leaders convened amid renewed focus on the Middle East. President Donald Trump arrived after announcing an agreement that he says will end the 15-week U.S.-Iran conflict.
What to know:U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders are in Evian-les-Bains, a French spa town, for the three-day Group of Seven summit, where a tentative deal to end the Iran war was a prominent topic thus far. The leaders face a packed agenda on their first full day Tuesday, including challenging discussions on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and addressing the Middle East crisis.Trump held a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, where Macron said European forces are ready to deploy in the Strait of Hormuz. It’s part of a pitch that the G7 allies are making to reopen the strait as soon as possible, so energy supplies flow freely again to world markets.The U.S. and Iran have reached an initial agreement that would extend their shaky ceasefire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but significant challenges remain to ending the war, including whether Israel will continue its offensive in Lebanon. Nonetheless, Trump hailed the deal as promising at the G7 summit on Monday, saying, “great things are going to happen.”
