European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other EU leaders hosted a delegation of Middle Eastern leaders, including Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, on the second day of their summit in Cyprus.

They held talks on the Middle East over a working lunch with representatives from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria on Friday afternoon.

While calling for peace in Iran , a deal to contain Tehran's nuclear ambitions, and the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz "without tolls," von der Leyen also stressed that a peace deal should include Lebanon.

"A key lesson of the past weeks is that security is indivisible.…