Germany will not participate in the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful said today, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, DPA reported, BTA reported.
The German government "has no intention of participating", Wadeful told the radio station "Deutschlandfunk" two days after the start of the large-scale US and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic.
Unlike the United Kingdom, which allows the US to use British bases in the region to destroy Iranian missiles and missile launch sites, Germany does not have such bases around Iran. "We also do not have the necessary military resources", he said Vaddeful.
However, the minister said that German soldiers "will defend themselves if attacked". Units of the Bundeswehr (German army) are currently deployed in Jordan and Iraq. "From a German perspective, there will be no other measures than this", he added.
In response to a question about whether the attack on Iran was against international law, Vaddeful said: "Of course there are doubts about that, there is no dispute about that". He stressed that "Iran poses a significant threat not only to Israel and the region, but also to Germany and Europe".
Vaddeful stressed that Tehran's "significant ballistic missile program" includes missiles with a range that also poses a threat to Europe. The Iranian regime "has always been determined" to "is acting against Europe and European interests" and threatening Germany with "terrorism", he said.
The minister also highlighted Iran's threat "to launch cyberattacks against Germany" and recalled that Tehran supports Russia's war in Ukraine.