SPIEGEL: Perhaps you will soon have to face the question as to whether NATO should intervene in Syria.

De Maizière: No. The same thing applies in this case as for Libya: We will not get involved.

SPIEGEL: No matter what NATO decides?

De Maizière: It‘s not unimportant. Either way, I don‘t believe that there will be a similar type of UN Security Council resolution for Syria.