Germany sceptical about expanding EUOperation Aspides in Strait of Hormuz

March 15, 2026 1:43 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul attends a press conference with Cyprus' Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos at the Foreign Ministry in Nicosia, Cyprus, March 10, 2026. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/File Photo

FRANKFURT, March ‌15 (Reuters) - ​German ​Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul ‌said on Sunday that ⁠he was sceptical ‌about a potential ‌widening of the European Union's Aspides naval ​mission to the Strait of ⁠Hormuz.

Wadephul said that the mission ​to help commercial shipments pass through ​the Red ‌Sea was "not effective".

"And that is ⁠why I am very sceptical that ⁠extending Aspides to the Strait ​of Hormuz would provide greater security," he said ‌in an interview on Germany's ‌ARD broadcaster.

(Reporting ⁠by Tom ‌Sims and ​Klaus Lauer; Editing by Alexander ‌Smith)



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