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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.It is an honour to address men and women of eminence with great knowledge and insight about the state of the world. You can and do have the ability to shape its future direction for the better.I will talk to you today about an issue that has been a critical focus for most of my working life: the process of social, cultural and economic development in many of the poorest regions of the world.

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

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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.

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The Aga Khan, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, special representative of the Prime Minister of Japan Sadako Ogata, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer (LtoR) pose for a family picture during a break at the conference of international donors for Afghanistan in Berlin March 31, 2004. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged international donors not to let Afghanistan revert to a 'haven for drugs and terrorists' at the start of a conference on Wednesday at which it is seeking over $27 billion in aid.

While attending the Berlin International Conference for Afghanistan, Minister Carroll met with the Aga Khan, Head of the Aga Khan Development Network. CIDA and the Aga Khan Foundation are partners in a variety of projects in Asia and Africa.

Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary imam of Shiite Ismaili Muslims and founder of the Aga Khan Development Network, said Tuesday that democratic governance, pluralism and civil society are the three preconditions for developing countries to be transformed into peaceful, modern societies.Speaking at the fifth German Ambassadors Conference, the theme of which was 'The Future of the Near and Middle East,' the Aga Khan stressed the need to mutually reinforce democratic governance, pluralism and civil society to create an environment in which societies in developing countries could develop and prosper.

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RIA Novosti. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will take part in the session of the International Conference on Afghanistan held in Berlin. The first day of the conference which opened on March 31 was devoted to the economic rehabilitation of the country, while on the second day delegates from 50 countries and ten organisations will discuss security, law, reforms and future challenges to Afghanistan.

President Benjamin Mkapa has applauded micro-finance institutions for improving the livelihood of the poor who are usually left out by big banks in provision of credit facilities.
''The very small loan of only a few dollars can assist a rural resident to acquire farming implements like, say a water pump to improve the productivity of his land,'' President Mkapa said.

Speaking yesterday in Berlin, the president paid glowing tribute to Aga Khan Development network at a function to award His Highness The Aga Khan Die Quadriga, a United We Care Award.

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