German Foreign Minister Johan Wadephul says that the German government does not intend to participate offensively in the US-Israeli campaign against Iran.
“We do not have the corresponding military resources, and the German government definitely has no intention of participating in any way,” Wadephul says in an interview with German media this morning, after German officials reportedly said Berlin is seriously considering taking military action against Iran if it does not cease attacking countries in the region.
Wadephul clarifies that the E3 statement last night condemning Iran’s attacks and stressing the readiness of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom to defend themselves and their allies, “means that our Bundeswehr soldiers, if attacked, would defend themselves. From the German perspective, there will be no further measures beyond this.”
“The only thing we would do, of course, is take defensive measures by the soldiers we have deployed,” Wadephul says.
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