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Merkel: European ministers likely to discuss mission in Strait of Hormuz at Finland meet

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she believed the idea of a European naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz would be discussed again at informal meetings of European foreign and defense ministers in Finland later this month.

 

"I think the question of a European mission will be discussed there again because this discussion has not yet taken place everywhere and so I believe that the Finnish presidency will play a coordinating role on that," Merkel told a news conference Wednesday after meeting visiting Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda.

 

EU foreign ministers and defense ministers are due to hold informal meetings in Helsinki in late August. Finland took over the EU's rotating presidency on July 1.

 


פרסום ראשון: 08.14.19, 19:32