Ambassador Klaus Scharioth visits Mississippi
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- Ambassador Klaus Scharioth
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German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth visited Mississippi on January 13th and 14th. At the State Capitol, he met with Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant and House Speaker William McCoy. In his address to the Mississippi Senate on January 14th, Ambassador Scharioth expressed his gratitude for Mississippi's contribution to defend Germany's liberty and to support Germany's unity. He recalled the 2004 "Glory of Baroque Dresden" exhibit and the partnership between Gulfport High School and Carl Bechstein Gymnasium in Germany which developed after Hurrican Katrina.
Ambassador Scharioth welcomed Mississippi's efforts to promote investment. Prior to his visit, the German pipe manufacturer Wilh. Schulz GmbH had chosen Tunica, Mississippi for its first manufacturing facility in North America. The company is the world's leading supplier of stainless steel pipes and piping components which are mainly sold to the oil and gas industry. Schulz will initially invest $90 million and create 200 jobs in Tunica, expanding to 500 employees with an investment of $300 million within five years.
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- Ambassador Scharioth with Col. David Smith of the MS National Guard and his son Zachary. The 172nd airlift wing of the National Guard was activated for Haiti relief mission the next day.
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In two lectures at Mississippi State University (MSU) and Tougaloo College, Ambassador Scharioth explained the strategic partnership between Germany and the United States, and the transatlantic agenda – including energy security and climate change, regulation of financial markets, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmement, radical fundamentalism, and failed states. The event at MSU was organized and sponsored by MSU's Janos Radvanyi Chair in International Security Studies. At Tougaloo College, President Beverly Hogan recalled the strong educational tradition of German immigrant Ernst Borinski who taught at Tougaloo from 1947 until 1983.
Ambassador Scharioth also met with civil rights advocate James Meredith who was the first African-American student at "Ole Miss" in 1962. Meredith said that he very much appreciated his visit to Germany and the support of the German people to end segregation in the Southern states.
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- Ambassador Scharioth with Mississippi Deputy Attorney General Michael Langford and his wife.
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