FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks during a news conference at the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Chantilly, near Paris, France, July 18, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
WARSAW/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will not participate in a U.S.-led naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz as it wants to ease tensions with Iran, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday.
The United States had asked Germany to join France and Britain in a mission to secure shipping through the strait, through which about a fifth of the world's oil passes, and to "combat Iranian aggression", the U.S. Embassy in Berlin said on Tuesday.
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