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'No reason' for EU statement on US-Iran tension
By EUobserver
EU leaders did not discuss the threat of US military strikes on Iran, European Council president Donald Tusk confirmed on Friday after their summit ended. "There was no reason to prepare a specific European statement on this," said Tusk. He said that the EU was "closely following" the situation in the Gulf, but that "sometimes it's better not to intervene" and that the EU's position on Iran was "responsible".