Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
EU President von der Leyen welcomes Trump's Gaza peace proposal, urging humanitarian relief and hostages' release to end the conflict.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that she welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's peace proposal to end the nearly two-year-old war in Gaza.
"Welcome President @realDonaldTrump's commitment to end the war in Gaza. Encourage all parties to now seize this opportunity. The EU stands ready to contribute," she wrote on X.
"Hostilities should end with provision of immediate humanitarian relief to the population in Gaza and with all hostages released immediately," she added.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
Ursula von der Leyen welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's peace proposal to end the war in Gaza, encouraging all parties to seize the opportunity.
She stated that hostilities should end and called for immediate humanitarian relief for the population in Gaza, along with the release of all hostages.
She expressed her support on X, highlighting the EU's readiness to contribute to the peace efforts.
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