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 "title": "Signal No. 17  ·  No appetite for Aspides, Kallas floats 'Black Sea Grain' model ·  16 March 2026",
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 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSignal No. 17\n\n\nMonday · 16 March 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDIP SEA 27 Foreign Ministers and No Appetite for Hormuz — Kallas Pivots to a UN Corridor Model\n\n\nReuters 16 Mar · Reuters 16 Mar · Al Jazeera 16 Mar · Tagesspiegel 16 Mar · DW 16 Mar\n\n\n\nThe EU Foreign Affairs Council met in Brussels today with one practical question: whether to extend Operation Aspides — the EU naval mission protecting Red Sea shipping — to the Strait of Hormuz. High Representative Kallas came in arguing expansion would be th",
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