EU's call for diplomacy welcomed amid energy shock

European Union foreign ministers have chosen the right path by renewing calls for diplomacy between the United States and Iran, experts and politicians say, noting that the move serves the interests of both the EU and the wider world.

The escalating crisis topped the agenda at the EU foreign ministers' meeting on Monday in Brussels, where diplomats agonized over the possibility of Iranian retaliation sparking a wider conflict and destabilizing the global economy.

"The concerns of retaliation and this war escalating are huge," said the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.