Guido Westerwelle
BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 24: Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (R), former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (2ndR) clap as former U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz (L) stands with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (2nd L) acter Schultz received the Henry Kissinger Prize at the Foreign Ministry on May 24, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The award is given annually by the American Academy in Berlin in recognition of outstanding contribution to transatlantic political relations.
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Germany is acting with its partners ... We are aiming to ensure that our unmistakable message does not fall on deaf ears in Damascus.
We are aiming to ensure that our unmistakable message does not fall on deaf ears in Damascus.
I have decided to expel the Syrian ambassador in Berlin from the countryMore quotes »
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UN observer force in Syria to reach 64 at weekend
on Friday ahead of a Security Council meeting on global counterterrorism efforts.Also Friday, Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle tells reporters he plans to discuss with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "in which way we can support the Kofi Annan plan, Read more »
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Germany urges UN to reconsider Syria, expels envoy
BERLIN, May 29 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle expelled the Syrian ambassador on Tuesday, acting in concert with international partners, and urged the U.N. Security Council to consider again its stance on Syria. "The Syrian regime i from AlertNet Read more »
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Further Syrian ambassadors expelled in Europe
BERLIN -- German, Italian and Spanish foreign ministries have announced that Syrian ambassadors are being expelled - following similar moves by France, Britain, Australia, and Canada after a massacre in which the United Nations says families were shot at from The News & Observer Read more »
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DPM: UK politicians "bowed" before Murdoch
A file picture of Clegg (L) and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle addressing the press at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin. AFPpic LONDON: Britain's political class competed to "bow and scrape" before media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, Deputy Prime Minis from Mmail Read more »
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Based on the Reform Agenda of German Free Market Advocates, Europe Is Doomed
Guido Westerwelle is supposed to be the German version of a libertarian. Currently serving as Foreign Minister, he was the chairman of the supposedly pro-market Free Democratic Party for 10 years and Wikipedia says he was known as a “proponent of an unli from Town Hall Read more »
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German foreign ministry summons Syrian envoy
BERLIN: Germany's foreign ministry said Friday it had summoned the Syrian envoy to Berlin to express concern over ongoing repression by the regime and urge immediate implementation of the UN-backed peace plan. It said the move, instigated by Foreign Mini from Lebanon Daily Star Read more »
