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Federal Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg during his speech
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg aims to strengthen consensus within NATO
International conference

Rapid reform of NATO called for

Speaking in Munich, Federal Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has called for reforms within NATO. The elaboration of a new strategic concept for NATO and Afghanistan were on the agenda on the last day of the Munich Security Conference.

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Guido Westerwelle at the conference
International conference

Architecture of a European security policy

The world is shaped by globalisation, and, "as problems become more global, responsibility too must be organised more globally", as Federal Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, put it in the speech he gave at the 46th Munich Security Conference.

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Delegates with a screen showing President Karzai in the background
The London Afghanistan conference

Afghanistan Conference confirms the validity of the German strategy

The international community and the Afghan government have laid the foundations for a new Afghanistan strategy. More civilian aid and support for the Afghan security forces are to pave the way for full Afghan ownership.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel greets President Mahmoud Abbas.
Middle East

Reviving the peace process

The Middle East peace process was the central point on the agenda of talks between Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, and Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Chancellor stressed that the aim must be a two-state solution within secure borders, assuring peaceful coexistence.

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Press conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy
Franco-German Council of Ministers

Facing the future together with "Agenda 2020"

At a meeting in Paris, France and Germany have agreed on common goals for the future. The cabinet ministers of the two governments adopted a "Franco-German Agenda 2020". A total of 80 proposed projects will intensify cooperation between the two countries over the next ten years.

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President Shimon Peres in the German Bundestag
Holocaust Remembrance Day

Friendship and remembrance

With the Israeli President Shimon Peres, the German Bundestag remembered the victims of National Socialism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. President Peres stressed the importance of the "unique" German-Israeli friendship. Together we are called on to keep alive the memory of the Shoa, while looking to the future, he said.

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