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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 file photo German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks during a joint press conference in Berlin, Germany. In an interview with the Associated Press Maas said that “Joe Biden's election victory means one thing in particular: new chances for the trans-Atlantic partnership”. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

AP Interview: Germany seeks ‘new deal’ with US under Biden

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

In this file photo, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks during a joint press conference as part of a meeting with Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool) **FILE**

Heiko Maas, German foreign minister, on U.S. election drama: ‘Keep a cool head’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, center, visits with his counterparts from Israel Gabi Ashkenazi, left, and the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan the Holocaust Memorial during a meeting in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. The three foreign minister meet for talks in the German capital. (Michele Tantussi/Pool via AP)

Top Israeli, UAE diplomats meet in Berlin for talks

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

FILE - In this photo provided by the Turkish Defense Ministry on Aug 10, 2020, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis, in red and white, is surrounded by Turkish navy vessels as it was heading in the west of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey, Monday, . Greece says it will conduct a navy and air force exercise in an area of the eastern Mediterranean where Turkey is prospecting for oil and gas in an area as the neighboring countries remain locked in a dispute over offshore energy rights. (Turkish Defense Ministry via AP, Pool)

German FM: A ‘spark could lead to disaster’ in eastern Med

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German minister in Tripoli to press for end to Libyan war

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

CORRECTS SPELLING OF GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO MAAS - Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, right, welcomes his German counterpart Heiko Maas with a elbow bump due to the coronavirus outbreak, prior to their meeting in Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

German FM warns Israel against West Bank annexation plans

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas briefs the media during a news conference on current developments in the worldwide spread of the coronavirus at the foreign ministry in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)

Foreign ministers to confer on Ukraine peace efforts

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss the situation in Libya and Venezuela, the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in Sahel, and climate diplomacy. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Germany urged to fight anti-Semitism to avoid Jewish exodus

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Heiko Maas (SPD), Foreign Minister, goes through plenary session at the SPD federal party conference after the first ballot for further members of the executive committee in Berlin, German, Saturday, Dec.7, 2019. Maas did not obtain the necessary votes in the first ballot. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)

Germany seeks early meeting of EU diplomats over Mideast

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Germany resigned to US sanctions over Russia gas pipeline

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The skynet artwork 'Visions In Motion' is set to overhang the 'Strasse des 17. Juni' (Street of June 17) boulevard in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. The art work by Patrick Shearn was made with about 100.000 streamers with written messages and is part of the celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German minister appeals for European unity amid challenges

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

This photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday, June 9, 2019, shows the Khordad 15, a new surface-to-air missile battery at an undisclosed location in Iran. The system uses locally made missiles that resemble the HAWK missiles that the U.S. once sold to the shah and later delivered to the Islamic Republic in the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

The Latest: Iran’s president meets with German FM in Tehran

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The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, gives a news conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, June 9, 2019. Maas visited the UAE as part of a Mideast tour before heading to Iran to discuss heightened regional tensions between Tehran and the U.S. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Iran gears up for high-stakes diplomacy amid tension with US

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, shake hands after a joint statement prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Mike Pompeo presses Germans on Iran, China 5G threats

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image from video, emergency services attend the scene after a tour bus crashed at Canico, on Portugal's Madeira Island, Wednesday April 17, 2019. Some 28 people are reported to have died in the crash, most of them German tourists, local mayor Filipe Sousa told TV news. (TVI via AP)

The Latest: Portugal confirms 29 Germans killed on Madeira

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Balkan states urged to resolve differences to join EU

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France and Germany launch alliance to back multilateralism

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Denmark: No decision yet on Russian-German pipeline

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German FM wants to improve ties with US

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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2018 file photo German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas attends a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin.. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Germany seeks to woo Americans amid rocky Trump relationship

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press