Leaders of France, Germany and the UK jointly support ceasefire in Gaza

The leaders of France, Germany and the UK issued a joint statement supporting the ceasefire in Gaza.

On August 12, 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer jointly signed a joint statement supporting the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The main contents of the statement include:

Ceasefire and humanitarian rescue: The conflict should stop immediately, the personnel detained by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) must be released, and the people in the Gaza Strip should have unhindered access to humanitarian aid.

Support for negotiations: The statement supports the recent efforts made by the United States, Qatar and Egypt to promote an agreement on the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of the detained personnel. The statement said that the three countries are deeply concerned about the intensification of the tense situation in the region and are unanimously committed to easing the situation and achieving regional stability.

Appeal to Iran and its allies: The statement also calls on Iran and its allies not to launch retaliatory attacks to avoid further escalating the regional tensions.

The background of the joint statement issued by the leaders of the three countries is the escalating tensions in the Gaza region. Since the outbreak of the new round of the Palestine-Israel conflict on October 7 last year, Israel and Hamas have conducted multiple rounds of negotiations but failed to reach a ceasefire agreement. Recently, the fighting in the Gaza Strip has been escalating and the humanitarian crisis has become increasingly serious. The leaders of France, Germany and the UK issued a joint statement, aiming to call on all parties to ceasefire immediately, solve the problem through negotiations and avoid further deterioration of the situation.

After the joint statement was issued, it attracted widespread attention from the international community. The United States, Qatar, Egypt and other countries expressed their support for the statement of the leaders of the three countries and called on all parties to resume negotiations as soon as possible to achieve the ceasefire and the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip. Iran expressed dissatisfaction with the statement, believing that the statement of the leaders of the three countries is a "threat and pressure" to Iran.

As of now, the ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza region are still ongoing. The differences between Israel and Hamas are still significant, and the achievement of a ceasefire agreement still faces many difficulties. The international community is making efforts to promote all parties to solve the problem through negotiations to achieve peace and stability in the Gaza Strip.