Afghanistan, Oct. 31 -- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for a diplomatic end to the war involving Iran, warning that continued fighting has added more than €100 billion to Europe's energy costs over the past eight months.
Speaking to reporters in Seoul on Friday, October 30, during the final part of his visit to South Korea, Merz said the conflict could not be resolved through military action and urged all sides to pursue negotiations.
"I can only appeal to all parties to the conflict: This conflict cannot be resolved by military means," he said, according to Germany's dpa news agency.
Merz added that Germany was working through several diplomatic channels to coordinate and strengthen efforts to end the conflict as soon...