GERMANY: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Berlin and is received by German Chancellor Angela Merkel with military honours

Record ID: 560895

  • Title: GERMANY: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Berlin and is received by German Chancellor Angela Merkel with military honours
  • Date: 16th July 2008
  • Summary: (EU) BERLIN, GERMANY (JULY 15, 2008) (REUTERS) GUARD OF HONOUR/CAR CARRYING UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN-KI MOON ARRIVING/BAN KI MOON GETTING OUT/GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL GREETING BAN MOON/ MOON AND MERKEL WALKING GUARD OF HONOUR BAN AND MERKEL WATCHING TROOPS MILITARY BAND PLAYING VARIOUS OF GUARD OF HONOUR PEOPLE WATCHING CEREMONY BAN AND MERKEL STANDING VARIOUS OF BAN AND MERKEL INSPECTING THE TROOPS BAN AND MERKEL WALKING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 31st July 2008 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA1X0KBB7OMES7BCWR30P8MGILR
  • Story Text: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Berlin on Tuesday (July 15) and was received by German Chancellor Angela Merkel with military honours.
    Ban, who arrived in the German capital for a two-day conference on "International Cooperation to Counter 21st Century Transnational Threats", will conduct talks with Merkel and later hold a joint news conference.
    EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, IAEA head Mohamed El Baradei and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier are also due to take part in the conference.
    Ban will fly to Bonn after the conference on Wednesday (July 16) to visit the U.N. offices.
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