German President in one-week trip to South America
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday began a week-long tour to South American countries.
According to the German News Agency DPA, Steinmeier will begin his tour by attending the inauguration ceremony of the new President of Uruguay, Yamandu Orsi, today, Saturday. Other stops on his tour include Paraguay and Chile.
According to the German President's office, Steinmeier intends to use the tour to deepen long-term partnership relations with the three countries, and he also wants to indicate that Germany can be relied upon even in the current stage of political uncertainty after the general elections for the German parliament, and that there will be no change in the course of foreign policy.
The German presidency confirmed that the three countries in South America adopt the same foreign policy values as Germany, as they represent the same positions, for example, regarding the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.
They added that there is a common history between Germany and the three countries, as many Germans and descendants of German immigrants live in Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile.
The German president is accompanied by a delegation of businessmen. Chile is considered interesting for the German economy, due to the raw materials available there, among other things, as it has the largest reserves of copper and lithium in the world.
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