October 1, 2026
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Leaders at the Group of Seven summit on Wednesday threw their support behind U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative agreement with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and further extend a ceasefire. Neither the White House nor Iran has publicly released the text of the deal.
Closing the three-day summit, French President Emmanuel Macron called it a “very good deal,” adding that U.S. allies in the G7 support it “because it’s an agreement that puts a stop to a situation of great instability that had terrible consequences for our economies.”
According to leaked copies of an interim agreement, Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, once the deal is signed. Iran will also be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions. Officials say the leaked text broadly matches the document.
The accord, due to be formally signed in a ceremony in Switzerland on Friday, lays out that the U.S. would work to end all American and United Nations sanctions imposed on Tehran if a final agreement addressing Iran’s nuclear program is reached.
“I think it’ll be done. They want to sign. They want to get back to a normal life,” Trump said.
The final day of talks at a lakeside resort in the French Alps started late with Trump, the last to arrive, saying “I’m the boss” as he entered the room and sat next to Macron. The assembled leaders laughed, and Trump grinned.
The G7 leaders closed the formal talks of the leading industrial democracies with sessions on the future of artificial intelligence and fostering economic growth.
They discussed concerns that China is flooding export markets with subsidized products, unfairly out-competing their own industries, and destroying jobs. Leaders of India, South Korea, Kenya, and Brazil also joined the meeting.
Trump later plans to make a stop for a state dinner at the Palace of Versailles outside of Paris before he jets back to Washington.
The leaders said that an international maritime mission led by France and the U.K. “can play an important role to facilitate the resumption of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz by protecting merchant vessels, reassuring commercial shipping operators, and supporting verification that all mines are removed.”
Iran has in effect shuttered the strait, a maritime chokepoint, since the first days of the conflict that began on Feb. 28.
The deal also calls for an immediate end to all fighting in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah. That is one of the most delicate parts of the agreement because Israel has maintained it will continue to defend itself. Iran has said Israel must withdraw under the deal, although the leaked versions make no mention of withdrawal.
In their declaration, G7 leaders said they supported “through an immediate robust ceasefire” Lebanese efforts to disarm Hezbollah, and protect Lebanon’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
In a flurry of unanimously agreed declarations, the G7 leaders stressed their support for Ukraine as it battles Russia's invasion and agreed to increase deliveries of air defense systems. They also said they would bolster sanctions on Moscow, including on Russia's oil and gas industries.
Leaders also pledged to step up the fight against the multibillion-dollar international drug trade. The statement comes as Trump has been waging his own battle against drug traffickers.
United States military strikes on suspected drug-carrying boats transiting in Latin America have killed more than 200 people since September.
In a separate declaration, the G7 leaders reaffirmed their efforts to halt migrant smuggling and human trafficking, which they said, “constitute serious transnational crimes that erode the sovereign right of States to control their borders and expose smuggled and trafficked persons to life-threatening risks."
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