Overview

• Germany’s new foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, paid an official call on his predecessor Annalena Baerbock at her UN headquarters office in New York.
• Wadephul posted multiple photos and videos of the meeting on Instagram and wrote that Germany backs efforts to strengthen the United Nations.
• He expressed respect for Baerbock despite earlier plans to depart from parts of her agenda, indicating both intend to work together.
• During an office tour, Wadephul reacted to the New York skyline view with an extended “Wow” and quipped that she had upgraded from the Berlin ministry offices.
• Baerbock highlighted her President’s Office team and personal touches in the workspace, including a Danish “Hoptimist” gift from Wadephul and small gifts she left for him in Berlin.