Federal Minister Dirk Niebel visited Pakistan (16 -19 June 2011)
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dirk Niebel and EU Commissioner Andris Piebalgs visited Pakistan from 16 to 19 June 2011 as part of a nine-day trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. They were accompanied by UNICEF Ambassadress and TV host Sabine Christiansen.
During their visit to Pakistan they meet with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan's Army Chief, General Ashfaq Kayani. During the meeting with Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Minister of Finance, the Record of Bilateral German-Pakistani Negotiations on Development Cooperation was signed by FM Shaikh and Minister Niebel as well as a MoU between the EU and Pakistan, signed by FM Shaikh and EU Commissioner Piebalgs.
Minister Niebel visited German-funded projects in the SWAT valley as well as in Faisalabad, covering the themes of industrial production and energy efficiency, the Better Cotton Initiative and child labour. He celebrated 50 years of German-Pakistani cooperation at the German House for Development Cooperation in Islamabad on Friday, 17 June 2011.
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Minister Niebel, EU Commissioner Piebalgs and Unicef-Goodwill Ambassadress Christiansen talking to journalists on the flight to Islamabad (© picture alliance / dpa) -
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Minister Niebel (L) visiting a UNICEF project in Shinpatai, Pakistan on 16 June 2011 (© picture alliance / dpa) -
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Minister Niebel and Unicef-Goodwill Ambassadress Sabine Christiansen (l) in the village Shinpatai / Swat (© picture alliance / dpa) -
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Minister Niebel visiting the Swat Valley in KP / Northern Pakistan on 16 Juni 2011 (© picture alliance / dpa) -
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Niebel visiting a project in Sangota / Swat-Valley on 16 June 2011 (© picture alliance / dpa) -
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Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dirk Niebel during a joint press conference (© APP)
