German authorities say they will not participate in a US - led "escort coalition" for ship safety in the Hormuz Strait.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who is visiting Poland in Warsaw, said on Monday (January 31) that "the German government will not participate in the maritime mission requested by the United States."

"I do not want to raise the tension in the Gulf region," Marsh said.

"The German government is reserved for the US government's proposal," Prime Minister Uli Kem Demmer said in a briefing today. "Our policy on Iran is quite different from the American approach."

"We are in close consultation with Britain and France in the area of ​​maritime security in the Gulf region," he said. "Germany's top priority is to relax tensions and maintain a comprehensive Joint Action Plan (JCPOA)." Stressed.

Unlike the United States, which unilaterally withdrew from the Iranian nuclear agreement, Germany urged the United States to return and that Iran has to abide by the nuclear agreement.

Defense Minister Annegrat Kramp-Karen Bauer, the German Democratic Party's chief nuclear negotiator with Chancellor Angela Merkel, met with Jens Stoltenberg-NATO secretary-general of NATO NATO, And has a different viewpoint. "

Earlier in the day, a spokesman for the US Embassy said, "We officially asked Germany to participate in French and British activities to help secure the Strait of Hormuz and defeat Iran's attacks."

Britain also proposed a civilian escort operation in the Hormuz Strait at the European level after detaining British oil tanker Stena Impero on the grounds that Iran was illegally navigating the Strait of Hormuz.

Britain recently began escorting its own ships through the Strait of Hormuz with two naval ships.

The British escort operation at the European level has been pursued separately from the US initiative.

The German government is reviewing the European escort operations positively.

In an interview with the Pungked Media Group on March 27, Mas stressed the importance of diplomatic solutions to the Gulf crisis and urged Germany, France and Britain to join forces.

In particular, he said the British government is in close consultation with the British government about the escort activity, and that the new cabinet will come to a conclusion after establishing a specific plan for the escort activity.

Kramp-Karen Bauer also said he is in close consultation with Britain and France.

In the German politics, there is a favorable voice for the escort operation at the European level, but it is negative for the US-led Escort Union.

The chairman of the House of Representatives of the Federal Democratic Party of the Democratic Party, Mr. Norbert Rötten, expressed his support for the European escort operation but expressed opposition to the escort coalition.

The Green Party, which is positive about the European escort operation, is opposed to the US-led operation because it can not contribute to tensions in the Gulf region.

(yunhap news)