German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Wednesday expressed opposition to U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, warning that the escalating tensions between the two rivals risk triggering a broader regional war.
"The military strikes that are currently being carried out harbour the danger of narrowing the focus to a military solution alone," Wadephul said at a meeting with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi, in Berlin.
"This entails a great risk, namely that other countries will be caught up in this conflict," he added.
Responding to a question on whether he was in favour of the U.S. intervening in the conflict on behalf of Israel, the German minister indicated that he was opposed to such a step.
He noted that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ruled out U.S. military intervention in the conflict last week when Israel first launched its large-scale attacks on Iran to diminish the country's nuclear capabilities.
