{"id":206967,"date":"2026-04-08T18:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-welcomes-us-iran-ceasefire-urges-lasting-peace-in-the-middle-east-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:30:30","slug":"world-welcomes-us-iran-ceasefire-urges-lasting-peace-in-the-middle-east-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-welcomes-us-iran-ceasefire-urges-lasting-peace-in-the-middle-east-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"World welcomes US-Iran ceasefire, urges lasting peace in the Middle East – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Countries urge full commitment to two-week ceasefire, praise Pakistan for role in facilitating truce.<\/em>
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The United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire<\/a>, with talks to finalise a peace deal set to begin in Pakistan\u2019s Islamabad on Friday.
The truce, announced by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, will also see Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime corridor through which a fifth of the world\u2019s oil supply passes.
Countries around the world have welcomed the developments.
Here\u2019s a roundup of the reactions:
China says it welcomes the ceasefire, underlining its role in encouraging a deal between the US and Iran to pause hostilities.
\u201cChina welcomes relevant parties announcing the reaching of a ceasefire agreement,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a news conference on Wednesday.
\u201cWe have repeatedly introduced the efforts made by China,\u201d she said, noting that Foreign Minister Wang Yi had held 26 calls with counterparts from relevant countries while Beijing\u2019s Middle East envoy had \u201cshuttled across\u201d the war-torn region.
Beijing would \u201ccontinue to make efforts to ease the situation and achieve a complete end to the war\u201d.
Russia says the approach of a \u201cone-track, aggressive, unprovoked attack\u201d against Iran suffered a \u201ccrushing defeat\u201d after Trump announced the two-week ceasefire.
\u201cAll the statements that were made about \u2026 being more aggressive, being more offensive, writing more on social media and \u2018victory\u2019 \u2013 it\u2019s just around the corner. Once again, this position has suffered a crushing defeat. So has the approach of such a one-track, aggressive, unprovoked attack,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik Radio in an interview.
Zakharova further said Russia has stated the necessity of immediately stopping the \u201caggression\u201d against Iran and commencing a \u201creal political and diplomatic settlement\u201d, as well as the lack of a military solution to the situation, from the very beginning.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the deputy chair of Russia\u2019s Security Council said the ceasefire showed that common sense has prevailed, but that \u201cthere\u2019ll be no cheap oil\u201d going forward.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on X that he supports Trump\u2019s decision to suspend strikes on Iran, and the \u201cUS effort to ensure that Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat to America, Israel, Iran\u2019s Arab neighbours and the world\u201d.
Netanyahu said, however, that the ceasefire does \u201cnot include Lebanon<\/a>\u201c, where Israeli forces have launched a ground invasion and are fighting with the Iran-aligned Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on all parties to abide by the terms of the ceasefire \u201cin order to pave the way toward a lasting and comprehensive peace in the region\u201d, according to his spokesperson.
Guterres underscored \u201cthat an end to hostilities is urgently needed to protect civilian lives and alleviate human suffering\u201d, and thanked Pakistan and other nations involved in facilitating the truce.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: \u201cI welcome the two-week ceasefire the US and Iran agreed last night. It brings much needed de-escalation.\u201d
European Council President Antonio Costa added that he urged \u201call parties to uphold its terms in order to achieve sustainable peace in the region\u201d.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called the deal \u201ca step back from the brink after weeks of escalation\u201d.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said \u201cthe Spanish government will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they turn up with a bucket.\u201d
Sanchez said ceasefires were always welcome news, but added that \u201cmomentary relief must not make us forget the chaos, the destruction and the lives lost\u201d while calling for \u201cdiplomacy, international law and PEACE\u201d to prevail.
India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement welcoming the ceasefire that \u201cthe conflict has already caused immense suffering to people and disrupted global energy supply and trade networks.
\u201cWe expect that unimpeded freedom of navigation and global flow of commerce would prevail through the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

French President Emmanuel Macron described the ceasefire as \u201ca very good thing\u201d.
Speaking at the start of a meeting with senior defence and security officials, Macron said: \u201cWe expect, in the coming days and weeks, that it will be fully respected throughout the region and will allow negotiations to take place.\u201d
He added: \u201cOur wish is to ensure that the ceasefire fully includes Lebanon.\u201d
Japan\u2019s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters that Tokyo welcomes the news of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran as a \u201cpositive move\u201d as it awaits a \u201cfinal agreement\u201d.
Minoru said the de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East remains a top priority, according to the Kyodo News Agency.
Indonesia\u2019s Foreign Ministry Yvonne Mewengkang said Jakarta welcomes a ceasefire deal and called on Iran and the US to respect the \u201csovereignty, territorial integrity and diplomacy\u201d of each side, according to the Reuters news agency.
Mewengkang also called for a thorough investigation into the deaths of three Indonesian UN peacekeepers killed by explosions in Lebanon in late March amid fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters.
Malaysia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the ceasefire marks a \u201csignificant development [and] serves as a crucial step towards de-escalating tensions and restoring much-needed peace and stability\u201d to the Middle East.
It also urged \u201call parties to fully respect and implement all terms of the ceasefire in good faith to prevent any return to hostilities\u201d, while also avoiding any \u201cprovocative actions or unilateral measures that could negatively impact the fragile stability of the region or jeopardise global economic and energy security\u201d.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong issued a joint statement welcoming the news and expressing their hopes that the deal will lead to a long-lasting resolution.
\u201cIran\u2019s de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, coupled with its attacks on commercial vessels, civilian infrastructure, and oil and gas facilities, is causing unprecedented energy supply shocks and impacting oil and fuel prices,\u201d they said. \u201cWe have been clear that the longer the war goes on, the more significant the impact on the global economy will be, and the greater the human cost.\u201d
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters welcomed the truce, but said much more needed to be done.
\u201cWhile this is encouraging news, there remains significant important work to be done in the coming days to secure a lasting ceasefire\u201d, as the war has had \u201cwide-ranging impacts and disruptions\u201d on the Middle East and beyond, he wrote in a post on X.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed the ceasefire and thanked Pakistan for its role in mediating the truce. He said the aim in the coming days should be to negotiate a \u201clasting end to war\u201d through diplomatic channels.
Ukraine welcomed the ceasefire agreed between the US and Iran and the unblocking of the Strait of Hormuz, with Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha calling for similar \u201cdecisiveness\u201d by Washington in stopping Russia\u2019s war on his country.
\u201cAmerican decisiveness works. We believe it is time for sufficient decisiveness to force Moscow to cease fire and end its war against Ukraine,\u201d Sybiha wrote on X.<\/p>\n

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