Germany: We will not participate in the military activities of unlocking the Ormuz

A spokesperson for the German government present stated that the country would not participate in the war against Iran or in efforts to unlock the Strait of Ormuz by military means. He stressed that the conflict had nothing to do with NATO's defence alliance.

– As long as this war continues, there will be no involvement, even in actions to keep the open Strait of Ormuz by military means," said the spokesman.

The defence minister Boris Pistorius presented a akin position. Responding to the U.S. president Donald Trump's call to join another states in the operation to abolish the Iranian blockade of Ormuz, he noted that the European Union had not started a war against Iran.