{"id":251899,"date":"2026-04-09T17:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=251899"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:01:04","slug":"kallas-says-us-iran-ceasefire-remains-fragile-but-the-alternative-is-bleak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/251899\/","title":{"rendered":"Kallas says US-Iran ceasefire \u2018remains fragile, but the alternative is bleak\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas met with the deputy PM and foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to discuss rising tensions in the Middle East and their regional implications, including for Lebanon and Iraq.<\/p>\n

“The U.S.-Iran ceasefire remains fragile, but the alternative is bleak. Reopening the Strait of Hormuz swiftly must be a priority,” Kallas wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

The sides also discussed bilateral cooperation and prospects for strengthening the partnership between the EU and the UAE, including collaboration in security and defense sectors.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas met with the deputy PM and foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to discuss rising tensions in the Middle East and their regional implications, including for Lebanon and Iraq. “The U.S.-Iran ceasefire remains fragile, but the alternative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":251875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-iran-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251901,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251899\/revisions\/251901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}