周一，德国总理表示，在也门国际承认的政府据报已夺取曼德海峡（Bab al-Mandab）周边关键领土后，他对此感到“谨慎乐观”。曼德海峡是红海入口处的战略咽喉要道。
Germany’s chancellor expressed "cautious optimism" Monday following reports that Yemen’s internationally recognized government had seized key territory around the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a strategic chokepoint at the mouth of the Red Sea.
弗里德里希·默茨在与立陶宛总理明道加斯·辛克维丘斯举行的联合新闻发布会上对记者表示：“如果今天有这样的报道，那或许是谨慎乐观的理由，但也仅此而已。”
“If there are such reports today, that is perhaps a reason for cautious optimism, but it is nothing more than that,” Friedrich Merz told reporters, during a joint press conference with Mindaugas Sinkevicius, Lithuania’s prime minister.
这些言论发表之际，由于霍尔木兹海峡关闭导致汽油价格飙升，柏林面临的国内压力正在加大。默茨强调，柏林正在各个层面积极参与，以帮助缓解地区紧张局势并重新开放至关重要的全球航运通道。
The remarks came as soaring gasoline prices—driven by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz—heighten domestic pressure on Berlin. Merz emphasized that Berlin is engaged at every level to help de-escalate regional tensions and reopen vital global shipping lanes.
他说：“你们知道，我们正在尽一切努力，在所有可能的层面上，为结束中东冲突尽自己的一份力量。最重要的是，霍尔木兹海峡必须永久重新开放，并且不得在那里征收关税。但我们显然距离解决问题还很远。”默茨表示，他周五在与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普举行的七国集团视频会议上再次提出了这一问题。
“You know that we are making every effort, at every conceivable level, to do our part to end the conflict in the Middle East,” he said. “Above all, the Strait of Hormuz must be permanently reopened, and without tariffs being levied there. But we are obviously still far from a solution to the problem.”Merz said he had raised the issue again Friday during a G7 video conference with U.S. President Donald Trump.
他说：“我们在欧洲方面正在做一切，德国政府——包括外交部长和国防部长——也在做一切，以尽快结束这场冲突。”
“We are doing everything on the European side, and we are doing everything from the German government — the foreign minister, the defense minister — to end this conflict as quickly as possible,” he said.
也门国际承认的政府周一表示，在对伊朗支持的胡塞武装民兵发动重大攻势后，其部队已夺取曼德海峡沿线具有战略意义的地盘。军事官员还表示，向首都萨那的攻势已经开始。
Yemen’s internationally recognized government on Monday said that its forces, after opening a major offensive against Iranian-backed Houthi militia, had seized strategically important ground along Bab al-Mandab. Military officials also said an offensive toward the capital Sanaa had begun.