The Latest Breaking News from Annalena Baerbock

Netanyahu in Germany amid tensions at home, Iran worries

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting Germany’s leaders on an abbreviated visit that comes in the shadow of tensions over his government’s planned overhaul of Israel’s judicial system and worries about Iran’s nuclear program

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Annalena Baerbock’s ‘feminist foreign policy’ focuses minds in Iraq

German foreign minister’s trip is chance to show how diplomacy can better represent women’s interests – especially those in Yazidi camps

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023

In Iraq, German Minister Condemns Iran’s Cross-Border Attacks

Iranian missile attacks across the Iraqi border are unacceptable and put both civilians and regional stability at risk, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on a visit to the Iraqi capital nearly 20 years after the US-led invasion. "With its missile attacks, the Iranian regime shows not only that it…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 7, 2023

Israel Calls on Germany to Take Decisive Action against Iran

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has sought to convince his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, in Berlin to tighten sanctions against Iran, sending a strong message before the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency meeting (IAEA). Earlier, Bloomberg published a report stating that international inspectors in Iran detected…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 1, 2023

Alleged higher Iran enrichment worries Germany, Israel

Germany's foreign minister says her country and Israel are worried about an accusation attributed to international inspectors that Iran enriched uranium to 84% purity

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

Iran’s FM Accuses the West of ‘Inciting Unrest’

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has accused Western countries of “inciting” unrest in Iran. In a speech before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Amir-Abdollahian defended the Iranian authorities’ handling of the protests that erupted last September following the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, while she was…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 28, 2023

Thousands protest in Berlin against giving weapons to Ukraine

About 13,000 people gather at Brandenburg Gate, as demonstrations also take place in other German cities

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023

Germany and China clash over west’s supply of weapons to Ukraine

Chinese diplomat accuses west of ‘adding fuel to fire’ as Annalena Baerbock calls on China to intervene

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Explainer-What have Russia and China said about peace in Ukraine?

China's top diplomat Wang Yi held talks with President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials in Moscow this week amid speculation that the two sides would discuss a Chinese plan to bring about peace in Ukraine after almost a year of war.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

Germany Expels 2 Iranian Diplomats over Death Sentence

Germany said Wednesday that it is expelling two Iranian diplomats over the death sentence imposed in Iran against one of its citizens. Authorities in Iran announced Tuesday that Jamshid Sharmahd, a 67-year-old Iranian-German national and US resident, was sentenced to death after being convicted of terrorist activities. Iran claims Sharmahd…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 22, 2023