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Politics Germany wants to offer minehunting boats for Hormuz mission

SDA

16.4.2026 - 16:45

Breaking news. Photo: sda/dpa
Breaking news. Photo: sda/dpa
Keystone

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to make a concrete offer for German participation in the consultations on a military mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz after the end of hostilities in Paris on Friday.

Keystone-SDA

16.04.2026, 16:45

Germany's armed forces are to provide minehunting boats, an escort ship and reconnaissance aircraft if certain conditions are met, as the German Press Agency (dpa) has learned from government circles.

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