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Macron calls for moratorium on striking energy and water facilities

By Helen Regan

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure, including energy and water facilities, after attacks Wednesday on energy infrastructure in Persian Gulf countries.

Macron said he spoke to US President Donald Trump and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani following the strikes on oil and gas production facilities in Qatar and Iran.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday accused the US and Israel of targeting its oil and gas facilities, including the South Pars natural gas field.

“It is in our common interest to implement, without delay, a moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure, particularly energy and water supply facilities,” Macron said in a post on X. “Civilian populations and their essential needs, as well as the security of energy supplies, must be protected from military escalation.”