After overnight nuclear facilities in Iran, the German government met its security council simultaneously. Chancellor Frederick Merz called upon Iran to interact on a peaceful resolution for the struggle with Israel and the US.
The reactions of politicians of governors parties were mixed. “Iran refused to accept the proposal of European people to interact with the Chancellor’s Governing Centers Christian Democrats (CDU) deputy parliamentary leader, Jurgan Hardt, an American strike was the result of nuclear facilities.” daily Mirror Newspaper.
For the benefit of Israel and Entry Free World, including Germany, Hardt said that it would set the nuclear program back for years.
The Foreign Minister of Germany, France and Britain on Friday made another attempt without success, to receive a diplomatic solution for conflict with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Argchi in Geneva.
Rolf Mutzenich, a Junior alliance partners, Center-Life Social Democrats (SPD) foreign policy expert, however, expressed disappointment. “The attack should be pushed back from decades to strengthen the international order through cooperation, control and treaties,” he said. daily Mirror,
Mützenich recently made headlines as one of the masterminds behind the “SPD Manifest”, with about 100 signators, who extended the global militarian and demanded new diplomatic solutions for wars and conflicts.
More withdrawal from Jordan and Israel
Meanwhile, the federal government on Saturday emptied more Germans than Jordan. He used a charter flight from Israel’s neighbor as the Israeli airspace was closed since the onset of the war with Iran a week ago.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs in Berlin, 123 garsmen succeeded in leaving the country on flight. People were to organize the visit to Jordan Thmailways. In the past, a total of 345 people had reached Germany in this way, the charter aircraft was mainly landing at Frankfurt M.
For the first time after the introduction of the conflict, the German army was allowed to vacate German citizens directly from Israel with two aircraft. Agreement for government circles, for this, a hard interaction with Israel was necessary. Officials, “Flights were carried out on a brief notice in close coordination with Israeli officials and were mainly for the family with children and other weak persons.”
On Saturday night, both aircraft landed at the Cologne/Bon Airport, with a total of 64 people on the board. Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) soldiers later: “We can give on our Bundesvehar. Only after the letter advance warning, our Air Force crew were on the site. They extended their missions highly professional.”
Those vacated had earlier registered in a list that helps the German Embassy employees in Israel, with an observation, in which German is real in Israel. All of them, however, are not determined to leave or leave Israel, government circles have been indicated, many people use the list only as a safety measure and a means of contact. Currently, about 4,300 people are registered in Israel in this list. A similar list for Iran suggests that there are about 1,000 German citizens in the country.
No flight from Iran to Germany
Before the US attack on the Iranian nuclear facilities began, the German government withdrew the personnel from the embassy in Tehran. The staff members were transferred abroad, but the embassy continues to operate mobile operations. The Foreign Office reported that Germany followed international partners who took equal measures. For example, on Friday, Britain and Switzerland stopped their representation in Iran.
Berlin does not offer for German people living in Iran. The clarification was that Türkiye and Armenia remains open across the border, even if the journey through the country is difficult and in danger. This is now more applied even after American intervention in the war.
For both Israel and Iran, the German government had earlier rejected the idea of organizing a convoy with buses. The German government said, “It will have a long journey – and sometimes wait time – and in view of the ongoing aerial attacks, they pose important road risks.”
This article was the original published in German.
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