denouncement from european allies of what he called iran's hostile behavior and then also cold for that cooperation in terms of that international cooperation to safeguard the very strategic strait of hormuz now the response from the european allies was deescalate tensions 1st using diplomatic means saying that they were happy to assist in that diplomatic process 1st so in talks because of course the concern there is that one wrong move could essentially see you know this tip over into a war that would be very dangerous for the region which the wild can ill afford and of course that is based on the rhetoric that we've seen from the u.s. president of course at times you know even saying that he was quote obliterate parts of iran let's pick up on that point that helen had just made mikhail is that the reason why germany might be so reluctant to join