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Germany will not actively participate in military action against Iran but will consider defending its soldiers stationed on multinational military bases in Jordan and Iraq if they get attacked, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Monday morning.
“The federal government has no intention of participating” in the conflict, Wadephul told Deutschlandfunk public radio, adding that “we also do not have the necessary military resources.”
However, the foreign minister went on to say that it was possible that “our Bundeswehr soldiers would defend themselves if they were attacked.”
According to the German Armed Forces, military bases where German soldiers are stationed were targeted following the escalation in the region.
On the weekend, attacks were carried out on multinational bases in Irbil in northern Iraq, and Al-Azraq in Jordan.
The soldiers on site were not injured and are safe, the German news agency dpa reported.