On the picture from left to right: Ambassador of Tunesia, Ahmed Chafra, Ambassador of Yemen, Dr. Yahia bin Mohammed Al-Shaibi, Ambassador of Egypt, Dr. Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty, Ambassador of Lebanon, Dr. Mustapha Adib, Premier of NRW, Armin Laschet, Ambassador of Palestine, Dr. Khouloud Daibes, Ambassador of Bahrain, Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla, Ambassador of the Arab League, Ambassador of Sudan, Badreldin Abdalla Ahmed.
Monday, 3 September 2018: Premier of NRW, Armin Laschet received a delegation of Arab League Ambassador at Government House in Düsseldorf.
Topics of multilateral discussions included more trade between North Rhine-Westphalia and the countries in question but also the exchanges in areas of science, education and cooperation in security policies and the fighting of extremism. Arab League countries ought to become more engaged in facilitating police and security records on refugees as well as in providing educational opportunities to them in the hosting countries.
Before being received by Premier Laschet, all ambassadors were welcomed by Economy Minister Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, to discuss concrete steps to further exchanges in i) trade, ii) direct investments and iii) start-ups.
NRW also puts emphasis in knowledge transfer: there is already a programme that invites students from the German Jordanian University in Amman and Madaba to study at the RWTH Aachen, and they wish to expand such programme to other Arab countries.
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Picture by Land NRW, Mark Hermenau.
