Monday, January 26, 2015

No show for Merkel or Gauck, instead Wulff goes

It's interesting to note that neither the German President, Johannes Gauck nor Chancellor Merkel has travelled to Saudi Arabia for the funeral of  King Abdulah.

Instead the German authorities have sent the former disgraced Christian Wulff, who was forced to resign as German President.

The world of diplomacy.

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