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The Embassy of Guinea |
Contact
Address
Embassy of Guinea in Berlin
Jägerstrasse 67-69
D-10117 Berlin
Phone Number
00 49 30 20 07 43 30
Website
https://de.ambaguinee.org
E-Mail
info@amba-guinee.de
The Ambassador
Amb. Aliou Barry
Aliou Barry is a Guinean diplomat and specialist in peace, security and political affairs. He has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guinea to the Federal Republic of Germany since 2023 and presented his credentials on 16 May 2023.
Before his appointment as Ambassador, Barry held a number of senior positions in African and international organisations. From 2018, he served as Head of Political Affairs and Senior Political Adviser with the African Union Mission for Mali and the Sahel. Between 2016 and 2018, he headed the Political Mediation Division of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
Earlier in his career, he worked with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) as a Civil Affairs Officer and Special Adviser. He also served as a peace and security expert in cooperation between the European Union and the African Union and at the African Union's representation to the European institutions in Brussels. Barry studied international development cooperation and ergonomics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. As Head of Mission in Berlin, he works to strengthen Guinea's political, economic and development cooperation with Germany while maintaining dialogue with the Guinean community.
History
In the first decades after Guinea gained independence (1958), relations between Germany and Guinea were unstable, and broke down completely 1970-1975. However, following the first democratic presidential elections in 2010, relations between the two countries normalized and presently Germany is held in high regard in Guinea.
In recent years, the two countries have maintained a good economic relationship, with importations and exportations occuring on both sides. There are also several German private-sector companies working in Guinea.
Concerning development cooperation, the current focus is on Basic Social Services, Basic Education (with private initiatives, such as the German Adult Education Association; and social projects concerning World Peace Service), and Reproductive and Family Health. As part of humanitarian aid to combat the Ebola epidemic, the Federal Government of Germany provided a fund of 7,8 million euros to Guinea.
