“Change through trade” is not working.Dr. The German foreign minister said transatlantic relations are “complicated.” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks in the United Nations Security Council on Feb. 26, 2020. Beijing was infuriated (photo: DW.com) COMMENTARY by Dr. Aaron Rhodes° "[3] The Minister of Development Gerd Müller declared that the People's Republic must display "complete openness" - "particularly regarding the origin of the virus. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is quoted saying he "doesn't want to exclude" that "the WHO will have to deal with these issues. In preparation for Germany's EU Presidency in the second half of 2020, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visited Austria and met Foreign Minister Schallenberg, among other things to restore normality in the area of freedom of travel as quickly as possible. But rather than doing so, the Germany government has become an enabler of China, and thus of China’s human rights atrocities.“Such a commercially-driven China engagement, however, is not a value-free proposition. He served as the Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection from 17 December 2013 to 14 March 2018. It is in the interests of both our countries,” Maas told Bild am Sonntag.President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to remove 9,500 troops from Germany, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.A U.S. official, who did not want to be identified, said on Friday the troops move was the result of months of work by the top U.S. military officer, General Mark Milley, and had nothing to do with tensions between Trump and Merkel, who thwarted Trump’s plan to host a G7 meeting this month.Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Daniel WallisOn Saturday, senior lawmakers from German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling conservative bloc criticised Trump’s decision to order the U.S. military to remove 9,500 troops from Germany.BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s relationship with the United States is “complicated”, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview, regretting the planned withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Germany.
Leading nations must step up, among them Germany. Germany's relationship with the United States is "complicated", Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview, regretting the planned withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Germany. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, met with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. All Rights Reserved.Everyone understands Germany’s reluctance to assert itself, based on two world wars, and the country’s habitual instinct to remain equidistant between major powers, based on the Cold War. From minute 9:30 (Foreign Minister Heiko Maas with Maischberger, 03.06.2020) German Foreign minister Heiko Maas meets leading figure of Hongkong democracy movement Joshua Wong for photo-op in 2019. By BARBARA MOENS But: It is complicated.”“Should it come to the withdrawal of part of the U.S. troops, we take note of this. As Fulda points out, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas made the claim that Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong “has a very separatist approach, that is not the position of the [German] federal government.” A few months ago, Maas basked in the limelight with Joshua Wong; now he has backed up the Chinese Communist Party lie that Wong is a separatist with the moral authority of the German Federal Government.
We appreciate the cooperation with the U.S. forces that has developed over decades. © 2020 FOREF Europe. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is expected to visit Israel this week to warn Israeli leaders against moving forward with annexing parts of the West Bank. Little-known appointee shows markedly tougher approach in rhetoric on Russia. Most Popular on TIME 1
... His Excellency Heiko Maas discusses … Heiko Josef Maas (born 19 September 1966) is a German politician who serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the fourth cabinet of Angela Merkel since 14 March 2018. Whether it is the incarceration of 1.5 million Uyghurs and Kazakhs in mainland Chinese internment and labor camps, the suppression of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, or the cover-up of Covid-19: German Chancellor Merkel does not seem to fully appreciate how continued Communist Party rule endangers peace, security and public health, not just in China, but around the world,” he wrote on Twitter.Today we face not only the problem of German mercantilist-passivity, but also a willful parroting of Chinese Communist Party propaganda that is endangering the safety of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. German foreign minister Heiko Maas makes waves. The German minister of foreign affairs since March, Maas is a member of the Social Democratic Party, a coalition partner of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union. That is something German citizens, and all who cherish human rights, should reject. Maas acknowledged problems in Germany’s relationship with the United States, saying: “We are close partners in the transatlantic alliance. Maas urged Israel’s government to avoid any unilateral steps and return to …