“All the way through this conflict, we [the U.K.] have said ‘deescalate, deescalate,’” she added.
Reeves lamented the global economic impact of the Iran war and how it’s placing strain on U.K. families, while supporting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for refusing to get actively involved in the conflict, despite Trump’s criticisms.
“It was absolutely the right decision for Keir Starmer to keep us out of this conflict,” she said.
Reeves made the remarks en route to Washington, D.C., where she is set to attend the International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings.
The U.K. official is planning to use the meeting of global financial policymakers to “set out her plan to navigate the global crisis” and pitch Britain to high-earners in the Gulf as a “rare safe haven” for investors amid the instability of the Iran war.
“The Iran conflict must be a line in the sand on how we deal with global crisis and instability,” said Reeves in a statement shared with TIME.