{"id":57897,"date":"2026-03-27T18:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/merz-says-army-could-be-involved-in-mine-clearing-from-hormuz\/27\/03\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:32:09","slug":"merz-says-army-could-be-involved-in-mine-clearing-from-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/merz-says-army-could-be-involved-in-mine-clearing-from-hormuz\/27\/03\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Merz says army could be involved in mine-clearing from Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he can envisage the country&#8217;s Bundeswehr armed forces being deployed to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz once the war in Iran has ended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We can do that. And if we are asked to do so and it takes place within the framework of a genuine collective security mandate \u2013 that is, the United Nations, NATO, the European Union \u2013 with a resolution from the Bundestag, that is an option,&#8221; he said at a event organized by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily in Frankfurt on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We could achieve that militarily,&#8221; the chancellor added. 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