ATHENS -- German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer reiterated on Saturday that Germany would not play a military role in any war on Iraq, stressing that the solution to the current crisis lay in disarming Baghdad through the implementation of UN resolutions.

"Germany's position is clear. We reject military participation.

We want UN Resolution 1441 (on disarmament)... to be implemented without the use of military force," he told reporters as carried by AFP.

Fischer was speaking after talks with Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis and Foreign Minister George Papandreou, whose country now holds the six-month, rotating EU presidency.