{"id":453091,"date":"2026-05-12T12:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/05\/12\/iran-kallas-lue-avra-un-ruolo-nella-regione-del-golfo-dopo-il-conflitto\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:32:21","slug":"iran-kallas-eu-will-play-a-role-in-the-gulf-region-after-the-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/05\/12\/iran-kallas-eu-will-play-a-role-in-the-gulf-region-after-the-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran, Kallas: “EU will play a role in the Gulf region after the conflict”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 So far, the European Union has stood by and watched. The war with Iran is someone else\u2019s war, the United States and Israel, and the 27 member states<\/a> clarified this immediately and without hesitation. But looking ahead, the EU will have a role to play, and it is already preparing for that moment. \u201cWhen the war ends, the region will no longer be the same<\/strong>,\u201d said the EU\u2019s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas<\/strong>, on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on defence. The European Union, she explains, is already forging ties with the countries of the Middle East and, even more so, with those of the Persian Gulf, for a new chapter of diplomacy, reconstruction, and stability. “The Gulf countries have told us that they recognise Europe\u2019s role<\/strong>“, the High Representative said. Therefore, “in the long term, there is a place for us.<\/strong>” <\/p>\n

Everything now rests in the hands of the United States and its president, Donald Trump, who does as he pleases. While the US is taking military action, the EU intends to act through diplomatic channels and in the name of global prosperity. This is why the Aspides naval mission is back on the agenda<\/strong>. Launched in February 2024<\/a> in response to the unrest in Yemen, and in particular to the guerrilla actions of the Houthis, Aspides was considered impossible to extend to the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>. However, something around the table seems to have changed as discussions on the matter have now begun. <\/p>\n

In the debate on the Middle East that defence ministers are holding in Brussels, Kallas goes on to explain that one topic concerns Lebanon and \u201cthe other topic is, of course, the Strait of Hormuz and the Aspides naval operation.\u201d For the High Representative, \u201cwe just need to amend the operational plan for that mandate<\/strong>, so we can actually proceed quite well if Member States reinforce it, provide more ships, and it already has all the necessary facilities.<\/span><\/span>\u201d In short, imagining Aspides in the Persian Gulf is no longer taboo. This is also because discontent over the economic fallout from the war in Iran and the naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is growing. More than a ceasefire, \u201cwe would like to see an end to the problems between the United States, Israel, and Iran,<\/strong>\u201d hopes Ireland\u2019s Minister for Defence, Thomas Byrne. \u201cAn end to the conflict would allow the economy to flourish.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Romania announced its intention to join the international coalition tasked with securing the Strait of Hormuz. But \u201cafter the conflict has ended,\u201d Bucharest\u2019s Defence Minister, Radu-Dinel Miruta <\/strong>stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: \u201cAfter the war in Iran, the region will never be the same again, and we will have a role to play.\u201d Discussions are now underway regarding a change to the mandate of the Aspides mission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":453065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25707],"tags":[26928,33311,27569,33830,27337,25745,30052,33394],"class_list":["post-453091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-politics","tag-aspides-en","tag-golfo-persico","tag-iran-in-2","tag-kaja-kallas","tag-middle-east-en","tag-safety-en","tag-stabilita-en","tag-ue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453092,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453091\/revisions\/453092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}