US special envoy for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey earlier relayed a formal request to Berlin calling on the country to deploy troops to the Arab Republic to "partially replace" US forces and help the remainder fight Daesh, APA reports citing Sputnik.
The German government has rejected Washington's call to deploy ground troops to Syria, stating that such a move doesn't correspond with the country's adopted strategy of fighting the Daesh* terrorist group.
"When I say the government envisages sticking to the current measures in the anti-Islamic State [Daesh] coalition, this includes no ground troops, as is well known", government spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
The spokesman's statement comes in response to an official request delivered by special envoy for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey, in which Washington called on Berlin to deploy ground troops to the Middle East state to partially replace American forces. According to Jeffrey, German troops would help their American allies and provide technical support to the Kurdish forces, fighting the remnants of the Daesh* terrorist group.
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