BERLIN, Jan 3 — Attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea are unacceptable and must stop, a spokesperson for the German foreign ministry said today, adding that Berlin was in contact with Brussels on a possible European Union maritime mission in the region.

"These attacks are fully unacceptable and must stop,” the spokesperson told a government press conference in Berlin.

We are examining all options that are possible under international and constitutional law, he added when asked about how Berlin would respond. — Reuters