European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday (March 16) met with EU foreign ministers to discuss the worsening situation in the Strait of Hormuz.

She had spoken to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres about the idea to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, currently choked off due to the Iran war.

Kallas said on Monday she had discussed with the United Nations the idea of freeing up transport of oil and gas through the strait by replicating a deal that gets grain out of Ukraine during wartime.

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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (MARCH 16, 2026) (EUROPEAN UNION - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF, KAJA KALLAS, SPEAKING WITH EU LEADERS

2. KALLAS RINGING BELL

3. EU LEADERS GATHERED AROUND THE ROUNDTABLE

4. KALLAS SPEAKING WITH AN EU LEADER

5. VARIOUS OF EU LEADERS SPEAKING

6. LEADERS SITTING AT ROUNDTABLE

7. VARIOUS OF EUROPEAN UNION FLAGS AND EUROPEAN COUNCIL BUILDING