German Foreign Minister Annalena Barbock has canceled all her appointments after she tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after arriving in Pakistan, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said.
On Monday evening, German Foreign Minister Anna-Lena Beerbock began a four-day tour including Pakistan, Greece and Turkey. The Green Party politician planned to hold talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the capital. , Islamabad.
A German foreign ministry spokeswoman said Beerbock would hold talks with civil society representatives in each country during her tour of the three countries, in addition to talks with representatives of the three governments. Consultations were supposed to take place with representatives of her country. embassy staff in Pakistan, as well as those of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), the two organizations have been working for several months to complete the travel of people fleeing Afghanistan, especially in need of protection.
