German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Friday that his country is against military intervention in Libya because such a move could be counter-productive.
Instead, Germany calls for the international community to impose "well-targeted" sanctions on Libya, Westerwelle said at a meeting of central and eastern European foreign ministers in Slovakia.
The international community should not cooperate with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, he said. "There's no doubt about that."
"It would be appropriate to suggest freezing all Libya's financial operations in the months," he said.
Germany believes that sanctions should not have a bad effect on the people of Libya, but will put pressure on Gaddafi to step down, he added.