Germany’s migration deal with India is not a replacement for China, says Baerbock

Record ID: 1700900

  • Title: Germany’s migration deal with India is not a replacement for China, says Baerbock
  • Date: 5th December 2022
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 5, 2022) (ANI - No use India) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANNALENA BAERBOCK AND INDIAN COUNTERPART SUBRAHMANYAM JAISHANKAR SIGNING THE “COMPREHENSIVE MIGRATION AND MOBILITY PARTNERSHIP” (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ANNALENA BAERBOCK, SAYING: “With this migration and mobility partnership we just signed here together we are facilitating the exchange between our countries. With the migration and mobility partnership, we support the plans for the lives of skilled workers, university students, and apprentices. In addition, we want to reduce bureaucracy, for example by drastically reducing the waiting period for a visa application.” NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ANNALENA BAERBOCK, SAYING: “We want to ensure that in future, highly skilled workers and young people from India can come to Germany more easily to work or to study there or to begin an education.” (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ANNALENA BAERBOCK, SAYING (ASKED IF INDIA WILL REPLACE CHINA AS PARTNER): “No, is the short answer to the question on the replacement partner because India has always been a partner for Germany and for the European Union but we want to further deepen this partnership.” NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ANNALENA BAERBOCK, SAYING: “We will further diversify and this is one of our newer points in our China strategy which had already been laid down in the Indo-Pacific strategy. Especially in the Indo-Pacific region, there is huge potential for European and for German companies. Until now the focus was mainly on China but also already on India (turns to her counterpart and smiles), on Japan too but not at all on a lot of neighbouring countries.” JAISHANKAR LOOKING ON (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ANNALENA BAERBOCK, SAYING (on INDIA’S EMISSIONS): “Regarding per capita emissions, we must say very clearly that India is far, far, far, far, far below Germany’s and the European Union’s per capita emissions. At the same time, India is one of the world’s most populous countries which is why the government here made clear that as far as emissions go, there will be a transformation and an exit.” JAISHANKAR LOOKING ON AS THE NEWS CONFERENCE ENDS
  • Embargoed: 19th December 2022 10:03
  • Keywords: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock India visit agreement deal migration partnership signing
  • Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • City: NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001444305122022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Germany sees in India great potential for further cooperation on economic and security issues, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in New Delhi on Monday (December 5), underscoring New Delhi’s importance as Germany diversifies trade relations.
    Asked whether she saw India as a replacement partner for China, Baerbock said no, adding that India had always been a partner for Germany and the European Union.
    "We want to further deepen this partnership,” she told a news conference alongside her Indian counterpart.
    Moments earlier, Baerbock and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar signed a so-called migration and mobility partnership deal designed to facilitate Indian “skilled workers, university students and apprentices” to come to Germany.
    The German government last week agreed on plans to reform immigration law, as Berlin seeks to open up the job market in Europe's biggest economy to much-needed workers from outside the European Union.
    The government has said it wants to boost immigration and training to tackle a skills shortage weighing on the German economy at a time of weakening growth, and when an aging population is piling pressure on the public pension system.
    (Production: Michele Sani)
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