France is ready to provide a platform for negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, French President Emmanuel Macron said. “France is ready to facilitate these negotiations by hosting them in Paris,” he wrote on Saturday on the social network X. The French president recalled that the Lebanese executive had expressed its readiness for direct negotiations with Israel. "Israel must take this opportunity to begin negotiations and a ceasefire, to reach a sustainable solution and to enable the Lebanese authorities to fulfill their obligations in favor of Lebanese sovereignty," Macron said. He said Hezbollah “must immediately stop its dangerous escalation.” “Israel must abandon a large-scale offensive and stop massive attacks, while hundreds of thousands of people have already fled from the bombing,” the head of state is convinced. “Everything must be done to prevent Lebanon from plunging into chaos,” the French president emphasized. Meanwhile, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that Lebanon had not received a response from Israel to a proposal for direct negotiations to end the fighting.

Peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan will improve the economic development of the region and bring stability and security. Former President of the European Council Charles Michel stated this in a conversation with reporters. He stressed that taking a decision on the peace agreement was an extremely bold step. “I strongly support all efforts being made to strengthen this peace agreement. I am convinced that it will become a very solid basis for the development of ties in the region and will stimulate economic growth. At the same time, thanks to greater stability and security, it will improve people’s well-being and create opportunities for the implementation of various projects,” Michel said.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan asked the European Union to resume political dialogue with Georgia in the context of the importance of Armenia's future membership in the EU. “On the path of Armenia’s integration into the EU, the biggest problem at the moment is the frozen situation of political dialogue between the EU and Georgia. Georgia for us is the path to the European Union,” he said, speaking in the European Parliament. He recalled that Armenia adopted a law on the beginning of accession to the EU after Georgia received the status of a candidate for the European Union. “This made the prospect of Armenia’s membership in the EU tangible. Our expectation and request is that a constructive process between Georgia and the EU develops. This is as important for Armenia as it is important for Georgia,” Pashinyan said.

Russia warned that attempts to destabilize the situation in the Middle East would jeopardize the global fuel and energy complex (FEC) and cause an increase in oil and gas prices, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I would like to immediately note that Russia warned that attempts to destabilize the situation in the Middle East would inevitably jeopardize the global fuel and energy complex: they would raise prices for oil and gas, limit the supply of these resources around the world and, of course, disrupt long-term investment plans,” the Russian leader said at a meeting on the situation on the global oil and gas market.

"In fact, the United States missed this opportunity... We negotiated in good faith and did everything possible to ensure that the negotiations ended satisfactorily. The last round of negotiations in Geneva last Thursday was successful... we must ask the Americans why they changed their minds, why they resorted to force," he said in an interview with France24 television.

"We will not be anyone's vassal. We will not tolerate any threats, and we will defend our values," she said. French President Emmanuel Macron expressed support for Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The Élysée Palace said the French leader "spoke to the Spanish Prime Minister to express France's European solidarity with him in connection with the recent threats of economic pressure that have been made against Spain." The Spanish government said on March 2 that it would not allow the US military to use Spanish bases for strikes on Iran. US President Donald Trump said on March 3 at the White House that the actions of the Spanish leadership are terrible, including because they refuse to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP. He said the US would stop trading with Spain. He also said that the US military could fly to Spain and use NATO bases there.

US President Donald Trump said that the US military will continue to strike Iran until all of Washington's goals are achieved. "The fighting continues at full force at this time, and will continue until all of our goals have been achieved," Trump said in a video message posted on his social media site, Truth Social. According to the American president, the United States has already hit hundreds of targets in Iran, including IRGC facilities and air defense systems. Trump admitted that there will likely be more American casualties before the end of the US military operation in Iran than the three deaths previously announced by the CENTCOM command. The American leader also said that members of the IRGC who agreed to lay down their arms would be given “complete immunity,” and those who refused would “face certain death.” “I once again call on (...) the Iranian military police to lay down their arms and receive full immunity, otherwise you face certain death,” the US President said.

American President Donald Trump said he was dissatisfied with the way Cuban authorities were negotiating with the United States and said he might consider a “friendly takeover” of the island. "The Cuban authorities are negotiating with us, and, as you know, they have big problems. They have no money, they have nothing now ... and perhaps we will carry out a friendly conquest of Cuba," Trump told reporters before flying to Texas. The President added that there are many people living in the United States who would like to return to Cuba. Earlier it was reported that on Thursday night, Cuban maritime border guards opened fire on a civilian boat from the United States that had invaded Cuban territorial waters. On board were ten people armed with assault rifles and Molotov cocktails. All of them are Cubans living in the United States. As a result of the shootout, four people on the boat were killed and six were injured. In addition, one of the Cuban border guards was wounded. All victims were taken to Cuba, where they received medical assistance. Since the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Trump has repeatedly stated that Cuba could be one of the next targets. The US President later signed an executive order declaring a national emergency due to the “threat” from Cuba and allowing the imposition of tariffs on products from countries that intend to sell or supply oil to Havana.