By EFE
The German Chancellor Friedrich Merzurged Iran this Thursday to once and for all sit down at the negotiating table with the US and stop taking an entire region and the entire world “hostage” with the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, essential for the global transport of hydrocarbons.
“Our message is clear: Iran must sit at the negotiating tablemust stop buying time and cannot continue taking the entire region and, ultimately, the entire world hostage,” Merz said in statements to the media during a visit to the German Army in Munster, in the west of the country.
The German president said he advocated at last week’s casual European summit in Cyprus for “increasing sanctions pressure again” on Tehran, because “If the Strait of Hormuz remained blocked it would have enormous economic consequences for all of us.”
Merz also reiterated his willingness to participate “militarily” to guarantee the freedom of maritime routes once “the necessary conditions” are met.
On the 16th, the German Chancellor said after meeting with the Irish Prime Minister, Micheál Martin, that a condition is “the end of hostilities” and “a mandate, as required by the German Constitution,” derived from a collective security system, preferably from the United Nations.
He also recalled that the approval of the Lower House of the national Parliament would ultimately be required for a military mission.
The German Armed Forces will send a minehunter to the Mediterranean Sea on Monday so that it is in a position to be quickly deployed to secure the Strait of Hormuz if the corresponding agreement is reached.
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