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NATO has been vital to security and peace in the Euro-Atlantic Area for more than seventy years. It is also the bedrock of our transatlantic relations. The Alliance is and will remain a central pillar of German security and defence policy.Ambassador Rüdiger König
NATO has been vital to security and peace in the Euro-Atlantic Area for more than seventy years. It is also the bedrock of our transatlantic relations. The Alliance is and will remain a central pillar of German security and defence policy.
The Day of German Unity will be celebrated on 3 October 2021. You can watch the video message from Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas here.
“For the first time in 20 years, there is a peace process in Afghanistan in which the Afghan Government and the Taliban are sitting down together to negotiate a peace treaty. And this should naturally be safeguarded by the presence of international armed forces, too.” - Foreign Minister Maas said.
“A year ago, I proposed something of a 'rejuvenation exercise' in order to make the North Atlantic Alliance fit for the challenges of the coming decades.” - he said.
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Ten years ago, Gaddafi’s rule ended and Libya descended into civil war; international actors provided increasing military support for this war over time. The situation has improved significantly since the Berlin Process began in 2019. Minister of State Annen is travelling to Tripoli today.
The German Government is working to ensure the fair and efficient distribution of vaccines and is supporting the global efforts to fight the pandemic to the tune of 2.2 billion euro. What is more, Germany is providing third states with 100 million vaccine doses.
The Federal Foreign Office supports democracy-building and reform processes in North Africa and the Middle East. The newly established Ta’ziz partnership for democracy will support future projects in Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia and the Sudan.
