Statement by Foreign Minister Gabriel today (15 February) on the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting

Statement by Foreign Minister Gabriel today (15 February) on the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting 

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“Foreign policy is, and must be, more than crisis management. We are well advised not to constantly run from one fire to the next, putting out the flames. That is why it is so important that the 20 largest countries in the world are meeting to address the causes of conflicts and the options for peaceful crisis prevention and conflict resolution.

No country in the world can tackle the major international problems of our time alone. Terrorism, water scarcity, forced migration and humanitarian emergencies cannot be resolved by isolation. Climate change cannot be tackled by barbed wire.

As the coincidences of international diplomacy would have it, I am not the only one for whom this meeting is a première as Foreign Minister.

Germany will be a forum for global politics in the coming days. We want to use this opportunity, first in Bonn and then in Munich, to address the major issues on the agenda.“

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http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Infoservice/Presse/Meldungen/2017/170215-G20-AM-Treffen.html?nn=479796