Posted on 11/16/2003 8:10:14 AM PST by knighthawk
The German government denied Saturday a report that the country could send soldiers to Iraq as part of NATO troops.
The "Bild am Sonntag" newspaper, to be published Sunday, quoted Javier Solana, EU high representative for security issues as saying that Germany was in principle no longer against participating in military action in Iraq.
He said that he had got this impression from his meeting earlier this week in Berlin with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
If the United Nations asks NATO to contribute forces to stabilize situation in Iraq, every member of the alliance will be asked again to be engaged militarily, Solana was quoted as saying.
Asked to comment on the report by DPA, the German press agency,a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said that Solana's remarks were possibly based on some misunderstanding.
Schroeder said to Solana "quite clear" that the German government would stand by its previous position, the spokesman said.
Germany, which opposed the US-led war against Iraq, has said repeatedly that it will not be militarily involved in Iraq, even as part of NATO forces.
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