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Berlin, Germany, 18 January 2024 - Prince Rahim Aga Khan met the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at the Bellevue Palace, Berlin today.

Prince Rahim Aga Khan standing with His Excellency Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the hereditary imam of Shiite Ismaili Muslims, argues that today's Middle Eastern terrorists are fueled by political motivations and not religion.

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim

Your Excellencies Foreign Minister Steinmeier, Dr. Belka
and Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner,
State Secretary Erler,
Your Excellencies Ministers from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

President William Mkapa Chancellor
Dr. Helmut Kohl
President Michail Gorbachev
Your Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan
Excellencies Distinguished Guests,

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim
Minister of State, Mr. Niels Annen,
Professor Dr. Joachim Nagel,
Members of Parliament,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my pleasure to celebrate here today the special partnership between Germany and the Aga Khan Development Network, or AKDN. Over the past 25 years, we have implemented almost € 600 million of programmes together in Asia and in Africa - spanning clean energy and infrastructure, water supply and sanitation, financial services and tourism, as well as education, health and civil society.

Berlin, Germany, 15 January 2019 - His Highness the Aga Khan today emphasised three essential ingredients for stability and effective development in fragile contexts: a focus on local communities, a commitment to pluralism and the importance of a strong civil society. The Aga Khan was speaking at an event entitled, "Fragile States 'Weiterdenken'('Thinking Ahead') – Utilising Experiences from Stabilisation Measures for the Future", which brought together leaders from the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and German development partners

His Highness the Aga Khan speaking at the event entitled, “Fragile States ‘Weiterdenken’(‘Thinking Ahead’) – Utilising Experiences from Stabilisation Measures for the Future” in Berlin.
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Guard of Honour for His Highness the Aga Khan in Berlin, Germany during the German Ambassador's Conference in 2004

is Highness the Aga Khan meets with Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Development Minister. 2009-05-14

Berlin, Germany, 15 May 2009 - His Highness the Aga Khan arrived in Berlin yesterday for a two-day official visit to hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul. More

2007, November 13:The Aga Khan today delivered a keynote address at a conference entitled, 'Central Asia and Europe: A New Economic Partnership for the 21st Century' hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECA). The conference was the first major international gathering to review prospects for partnership in the region. [Speech] [Europe Channel] [German Text] [Full Text] [More Photos]

Global stability will only be realized if poverty, hunger and injustice are overcome,' stated German Federal Minister for Economic and Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul on the occasion of the signing on Thursday of a memorandum of understanding with the Aga Khan.The aim of the agreement, a press announcement said, is to strengthen cooperation between Germany and the Aga Khan Development Network, particularly in crisis prone-countries of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Foreign Minister Fischer, Distinguished Ministers, Ambassadors and Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Honourable Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Social and economic reconstruction must be based first on the engendering of hope and trust in new, realistic opportunities' and the need to 'build for the continuity of such efforts by the beneficiaries themselves.'Addressing representatives of over 60 states and international organizations at a major conference on Afghanistan here on Thursday, the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, highlighted key issues for continued and enhanced progress in Afghanistan, based on the Aga Khan Development Network's extensive experience of reconstruction and development in the country and th

Berlin bekommt im Herbst eine Gala mit k'niglichem Glanz: Am 19. September wird die Begum Inaara Aga Khan im Schl

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer warned Monday that Europe was at a crossroads in the fight against terrorism and must engage in the Middle East or risk having conflict exported to its doorstep.
'Will the Mediterranean turn into a sea of cooperation or confrontation between us?' Fischer asked some 220 German ambassadors and officials at the start of a four-day conference focused on the so-called broader Middle East.

'The broader Middle East will be vital to fighting terrorism at its root cause,' he said.

Berlin bekommt im Herbst eine Gala mit königlichem Glanz: Am 19. September wird die Begum Aga Khan im Schlüterhof im Deutschen Historischen Museum Schirmherrin von