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The Embassy of Kuwait in Berlin |
Contact
Address: Griegstrasse 5-7, 14193 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 30 897 300 0
Fax: +49 (0) 30 897 300 10
Email : info@kuwait-botschaft.de
media@kuwait-botschaft.de
www.kuwait-botschaft.de
The Ambassador
Amb. Reem Mohammed Khaled Zaid Al Khaled
Reem Mohammed Khaled Zaid Al Khaled, born November 21, 1965, is a Kuwaiti national who earned a Master’s in International Studies and Diplomacy from SOAS, University of London, in 1999. Fluent in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish, she joined Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988 as a Political Researcher in the Department of International Organizations, contributing to the formation of the UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) post-1991 liberation. She served as First Secretary at the Permanent Representation in Vienna (2001–2006), Counselor at the Embassy in Washington (2006–2010), Ambassador to Chile, concurrently accredited to Ecuador and Peru (2010–2015), and Assistant Foreign Minister for the Americas (2015–2019). Since November 2019, she has been Kuwait’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada, and since December 18, 2024, she has served as Ambassador to Germany, as noted in recent engagements with German officials at the 28th Arab-German Economic Forum. A trailblazer as Kuwait’s first female ambassador to Canada, she chaired the Women Heads of Diplomatic Missions in Ottawa (2021–2023) and received the Arab Woman Award (2017) and Canada’s Best Ambassador for the Middle East (2023).
History
Bilateral political relations between Germany and Kuwait are good and friendly. The year 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of German-Kuwaiti relations. Germany is highly regarded as a major political and economic force in Europe and as a country that has traditionally maintained good relations with the Arab world. This is evidenced by the numerous high-level political visits to Kuwait in recent years. Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle visited Kuwait in September 2012.
In 2007, the two countries signed an agreement on cooperation in security matters. The third meeting of the German-Kuwaiti Joint Commission on Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation was held in Berlin in November 2012.
Moreover, bilateral economic relations are good and untroubled. Kuwait is the fourth most important market for German goods among members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), after the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Qatar. This means that Germany retains its undisputed position as Kuwait’s principal trading partner in the European Union. In 2013, German exports to Kuwait were worth EUR 1.32 billion, compared with EUR 1.21 billion in 2011, an increase of 9 per cent. German imports from Kuwait increased by 31 per cent in 2013, to EUR 356 million, compared with EUR 270 million in 2012.
Kuwait holds substantial investments in Germany and has shares in leading German companies. A double taxation agreement between Germany and Kuwait has been in force since 2000.
