German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Wednesday expressed opposition to U.S. involvement within the Israel-Iran battle, warning that the escalating tensions between the 2 rivals danger triggering a broader regional warfare.
“The military strikes that are currently being carried out harbour the danger of narrowing the focus to a military solution alone,” Wadephul stated at a gathering along with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi, in Berlin.
“This entails a great risk, namely that other countries will be caught up in this conflict,” he added.
Responding to a query on whether or not he was in favour of the U.S. intervening within the battle on behalf of Israel, the German minister indicated that he was against such a step.
He famous that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio dominated out U.S. navy intervention within the battle final week when Israel first launched its large-scale assaults on Iran to decrease the nation’s nuclear capabilities.
“Since I hold my colleague in high esteem and he has repeated this, I assume that this is still correct and that this is the position of the United States,” Wadephul stated.
In the occasion of an Iranian assault on U.S. amenities, nonetheless, there would “of course be a military reaction,” Germany’s prime diplomat stated.
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