France and the United States will collaborate on a moratorium for strikes against civilian and energy infrastructure in Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday. The agreement, reached during a meeting with Donald Trump in New York, involves protecting critical Middle East energy assets and maintaining freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz to lower global market pressure.

Macron called for the immediate start of serious peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv to protect civilian populations. The joint focus on a halt to deep strikes against energy assets targets the stabilization of oil and gas supplies to reduce volatility in the energy sector.