Download the German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius Today, Sunday, the American President Donald Trump Closing responsibility Strait of Hormuzcalling for the reopening of the vital waterway.
Pistorius said in an interview with ARD: “Ultimately, the plug was put in the Strait of Hormuz by Donald Trump, not by us, but we have an interest in removing it.”
And it closed Iran Hormuz following the start of the US-Israeli war on it on February 28, before it agreed to reopen it according to a memorandum of understanding signed by Trump and his Iranian counterpart. Masoud PezeshkianAnd maritime freight traffic began to return to its normal pattern.
But Iran threatened on Saturday to close the vital waterway again due to continued Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
Ships anchored in the Strait of Hormuz (archive)
Pistorius said, “Opening the Strait of Hormuz, or rather safe passage through it, is in the interest of Europe, and in the interest of our energy supplies and our economic recovery.”
The minister added that any agreement to reopen the Strait needs the support of Iran and the Sultanate of Oman.
And she stayed away Berlin She herself repeatedly talked about the war on Iran, although German officials did not criticize the war.
When Trump pressed allies to help reopen or secure the Strait of Hormuz in April, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the war was “not a NATO issue.”
He also criticized Mertz and Pistorius US For not consulting its allies before starting the war on Iran.
