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Messages of condolence following the attack on a Christmas market with a truck in Berlin, Germany
December 20, 2016
Following the attack on a Christmas market with a truck in Berlin, Germany, on December 20 (December 19, local time), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a message of condolence to H.E. Dr. Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida also sent a message of condolence to H.E. Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany.