美國前駐突尼斯大使喬伊·胡德（Joey Hood）表示，美伊外交努力已走到盡頭。胡德指出，伊朗針對商船的襲擊呈現出某種規律，其中至少有兩次襲擊的目標是卡塔爾船隻，或是運載卡塔爾原油及液化天然氣的船隻。他表示：“這些襲擊行動很多並非真正針對美國，而是針對海灣國家。”胡德指出，美國在海灣地區的軍事基地主要用於訓練和演習，美方在這些地點實際部署的人員或裝備並不多，處於暴露狀態的更是寥寥無幾。他說，伊朗發動的這些襲擊是“向海灣國家、尤其是向調停方發出的信號：在這場衝突中，你們最好現在就站到我們這一邊”。

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July 9 — Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, at a regular briefing, responded to NATO summit security concerns about China’s technology, military activities and ties with Russia. Mao said NATO is a regional defensive alliance with defined duties and geographic limits and should not repeatedly invoke China. She said China is a force for peace, has never threatened any country and will not pose a challenge to Euro‑Atlantic security, and urged NATO to abandon Cold War thinking, correct its perception of China and stop inflating a China threat.