Overview

• German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomed more than 130 foreign ambassadors as part of his Ortszeit Deutschland outreach program.
• He highlighted Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s 35 years of development since reunification and its natural wealth, including its Baltic coastline and inland lakes.
• The delegation toured Mecklenburger Metallguss GmbH in Waren an der Müritz before an official lunch at Schloss Ulrichshusen and an evening reception aboard the Gorch Fock training ship.
• Steinmeier condemned Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine and stressed hopes for a lasting ceasefire alongside his appeal to Iran to resume verifiable nuclear talks.
• Minister-President Manuela Schwesig and Archbishop Nikola Eterović praised the region’s historical role in the peaceful revolution of 1989 and noted its current economic challenges.