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28.06.2024 Article

Bundeswehr mission in Lebanon remains important: Germany is supporting UNIFIL, the United Nations peace mission

United Nations peacekeeping soldiers have been engaged in fostering peace between Lebanon and Israel since 1978. Germany has supported the UNIFIL peace mission since 2006. This mission is especially important today.

two german marines with binoculars at a ship
14.03.2024 Article

NATO

The NATO is a central pillar of Germany’s security and defence policy. With 32 members at present, NATO guarantees security and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area. The Alliance’s newest member is Sweden, which joined on 7 March 2024. 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of NATO.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Federal Foreign Office (9 November 2023)
16.02.2024 Article

“For as long as it takes”: Ukraine’s security is also our security

As part of the G7, we have agreed with Ukraine that bilateral security assurances will be negotiated. Today, Germany was the second country to conclude the negotiations. Read more to find out what the Agreement says and what it means.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signing the agreement.
16.02.2024 Article

Munich Security Conference – from “lose-lose” to “win-win”

Foreign Minister Baerbock will attend the 60th Munich Security Conference on 16 and 17 February 2024. The theme chosen by the organisers this year is “Lose-Lose?”. Read more about this motto and about the topics the Foreign Minister will focus on here.

Meeting of the G7 Foreign Ministers during the 60th Munich Security Conference
17.12.2023 Article

In the “land of a thousand hills” – Foreign Minister Baerbock travels to Rwanda

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will be in Rwanda from 17 to 19 December for the opening of the first mRNA vaccine plant. Talks with her counterpart and representatives of civil society are also on the agenda.

Foreign Minister Baerbock and her Rwandan counterpart Vincent Biruta
22.09.2023 Article

Germany and the Indo-Pacific – three years of enhanced engagement in a key region in international politics

Although far away, the Indo-Pacific is hugely important to Europe – many global issues of the 21st century will be decided there. You can find out here and in the German Government’s recently published progress report what Germany is doing to raise its profile in the Indo-Pacific.

A container ship at Yangshan Deep-Water Port in China

Press releases

  1. 27.06.2024 Press release

    Joint press release by the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Ministry of Defence to mark the Day of the Peacekeeper 2024

  2. 26.06.2024 Press release

    Joint press release by the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of Defence on the Federal Government report evaluating the Bundeswehr’s ongoing, mandated missions abroad

  3. 17.02.2024 Press release

    Statement of like-minded Foreign Ministers of the FFP network

  4. 15.02.2024 Press release

    Foreign Minister Baerbock on the eve of the 60th Munich Security Conference

  5. 17.12.2023 Press release

    Foreign Minister Baerbock prior to her departure for Rwanda

  6. 21.11.2023 Press release

    The Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of Defence on the Bundeswehr’s military evacuation force in Cyprus

  7. 13.07.2023 Press release

    Foreign Minister Baerbock at the start of her trip around Germany

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