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14.03.2024 Article

Germany and Iraq: Bilateral relations

Germany and Iraq enjoy amicable relations. Full diplomatic relations were re-established in 2004. A German Consulate General was opened in Erbil in 2009. Since 2014, Germany has supported Iraq with…

Bilateral relations
20.03.2023 Article

Protecting the world’s oceans – an important success of Germany’s climate diplomacy

Effective provisions for protecting the high seas and therefore two-thirds of the oceans have been lacking to date. However, the UN member states have reached consensus on an agreement to improve the protection of the world’s oceans.

Trash on a beach in Thailand
17.02.2023 Article

Germany is taking on more responsibility for the Arctic

The Arctic plays a key role in international politics. Change in the region is accelerating and its importance to the international community is steadily growing as a result of global warming, the rapid melting of the ice sheets and the thawing of the permafrost.

A glacier at Sirmilik National Park, Canada
03.01.2023 Article

“Where the land ends and the sea begins” (Luis de Camões): Foreign Minister Baerbock travels to Portugal for her first official visit

Portugal is a role model in many respects. With its pro-European attitude, its pioneering role in protecting our oceans and climate, as well as its state-of-the-art digital infrastructure, it demonstrates that it is at the extreme tip of Europe only in geographical terms.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock with her portuguese counterpart João Gomes Cravinho
21.09.2022 Article

Oil offloading facility FSO Safer: Salvage mission can finally begin

The risk of an environmental disaster caused by the rusting oil tanker FSO Safer has not yet disappeared. But thanks to efforts by the German Government and its partners on the margins of the UN General Debate, the funding needed for the complex salvage mission off the Yemeni coast is now available.

“Should the operation be successful, the FSO Safer can be a beacon of hope for Yemen.”
25.06.2022 Article

Seven decades of diplomatic relations with Indonesia

280 million people, 17,500 islands, the world’s third-largest democracy – Indonesia is a key partner for Germany in the Indo-Pacific. On 25 June, the two countries mark 70 years of diplomatic relations. Why the G7 and G20, as well as mangroves and the energy transition, are important today.

tree covered islands

Press releases

  1. 17.10.2023 Press release

    Statement by Jennifer Morgan, State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, on the outcome of the Environment Council in Luxembourg

  2. 11.08.2023 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on the FSO Safer salvage mission off the coast of Yemen

  3. 28.07.2023 Press release

    High and lows at the meeting of the G20 environment and climate ministers

  4. 20.11.2022 Press release

    Team Germany on the conclusion of COP27

  5. 21.09.2022 Press release

    Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministries of Germany, the Netherlands and the United States on the FSO Safer salvage operation

  6. 13.05.2022 Press release

    G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Climate, Environment, Peace and Security

  7. 22.04.2021 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler on the entry into force of the Escazú Agreement on 22 April 2021

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