German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle in Bangalore
On 22 June, German foreign minister was in Bangalore with a 50-member delegation. He held consultations with his Indian counterpart S M Krishna, formally inaugurated the German Consulate General in India's IT city, and opened the 10-day Indo-German Urban Mela. Westerwelle rounded off his visit with the Founder’s Day Lecture at the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce.
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German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle (L) - officially hands over the new premises of the German Consulate General in Bangalore to Consul General, Dr. Ingo Karsten, in the presence of the Chief Secretary of Karnataka, S. V. Ranganath (R) (© Thomas Imo / photothek.net) -
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Minister Westerwelle, Karnataka Chief Secretary Ranganath and Germany's Ambassador Designate Michael Steiner at the Consulate General in Bangalore (© dpa) -
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Westerwelle and Krishna addressing a press conference after bilateral talks in Bangalore (© dpa) -
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Minister Westerwelle inaugurated the Indo-German Urban Mela in Bangalore along with the Chief Minister of Karnataka D.V. Sadananda Gowda (© dpa) -
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The German foreign minister tries his hand at a trip to the future in one of the pavilions (© Thomas Imo / photothek.net) -
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The Indo-German Urban Mela, celebrating the year of Germany in India, is on in Bangalore till 1 July, 2012 (© Thomas Imo / photothek.net)
