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    Germany sceptical about expanding EUOperation Aspides in Strait of Hormuz

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    FRANKFURT, ‌March 15 (Reuters) - German ​Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul ⁠said on Sunday that he was sceptical ​about a potential widening ‌of the European Union's Aspides naval mission to ⁠the Strait ⁠of Hormuz.

    Wadephul said that the mission to help commercial shipments ‌pass through the Red ⁠Sea was "not ‌effective".

    "And that is ​why I am very sceptical that ‌extending Aspides to ​the ⁠Strait of Hormuz would ‌provide greater ⁠security," he said in an interview on ​Germany's ARD ‌broadcaster.

    (Reporting by Tom Sims ⁠and Klaus ​Lauer; Editing by ​Alexander Smith)

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