Maritime topics take center stage during Haakon's visit to Hamburg
On the third day of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon's trip to Germany, the focus will be on shipping, energy and the economy.
The 50-year-old will give a speech at a business conference in the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. In addition to a business delegation, the Crown Prince will be accompanied by the Norwegian Minister of Economic Affairs Jan Christian Vestre and the Norwegian Minister of Energy Terje Aasland.
Harbor tour planned
The heads of the northern German states are also expected to attend today's meeting, including Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Minister President Manuela Schwesig (SPD), Schleswig-Holstein's Minister President Daniel Günther (CDU), Bremen's Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) and Lower Saxony's Economics Minister Olaf Lies (SPD). Hamburg will be represented by Economics Senator Melanie Leonhard (SPD).
The day will be crowned by a traditional harbor tour, which will focus on economic policy issues. Among other things, the Crown Prince wants to find out how the aviation industry and the port industry can become more climate-friendly with the help of hydrogen.
In the afternoon, the 50-year-old will travel on to Berlin by train. There he will meet Crown Princess Mette-Marit. Together, the couple will attend a commemoration ceremony on Thursday to mark 9 November, the day the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. At the end of the four-day trip, visits to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Bellevue Palace and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the Chancellery are planned.
- During Haakon's speech at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, he will discuss maritime topics, including shipping, energy, and the economy, with the attendance of both business delegates and German state leaders like Manuela Schwesig and Daniel Günther.
- The Norwegian Minister of Economic Affairs, Jan Christian Vestre, and the Norwegian Minister of Energy, Terje Aasland, will accompany Haakon during his visit, contributing to discussions on financial and environmental matters.
- Following the meeting in Hamburg, Haakon and his wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, will travel to Berlin by train, where they will participate in a commemoration ceremony honoring the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, with the presence of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
- As part of their four-day trip, Haakon and Mette-Marit will also have scheduled visits with the German officials in both the Bellevue Palace and the Chancellery, showcasing the strong ties between Norway and Germany.
Source: www.dpa.com
