{"id":5389,"date":"2026-04-17T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/5389\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:35:08","slug":"merz-germany-ready-for-hormuz-mission-but-prefers-us-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/5389\/","title":{"rendered":"Merz: Germany ready for Hormuz mission, but prefers US involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said his country is ready to participate in a multinational mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, preferably with US involvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Merz was speaking after consultations hosted by France and the United Kingdom in Paris on a potential mission by Western partners to secure shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Participants aimed to draw up a multinational plan to safeguard international shipping and freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz once security conditions allow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While French President Emmanuel Macron has said he prefers an operation that does not involve the warring parties &#8211; meaning Israel, the United States and Iran &#8211; Merz said Berlin would like to see US participation &#8220;if possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It would be desirable from our point of view,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Germany is prepared to contribute to ensuring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz by supplying mine clearance and maritime reconnaissance, according to the chancellor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We are capable of doing that,&#8221; Merz said, adding that Germany would take part in further military planning talks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also cited the need for a clear legal basis for the German Armed Forces or Bundeswehr to participate in an international operation after the war ends, for example in the form of a UN Security Council resolution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition, a decision by the government, a mandate from the Bundestag and a viable military strategy are required, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said his country is ready to participate in a multinational mission to secure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[668,393,587,5,5500,588,5442,5499,1337],"class_list":["post-5389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-federal-chancellery","tag-friedrich-merz","tag-german-chancellor","tag-germany","tag-irish-prime-minister","tag-joint-press-conference","tag-micheal-martin","tag-multinational-mission","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}