Welcome to the website of the German Embassy in Beirut

UNIFIL Maritime Task Force: Transfer of command from Italy to Germany

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force (MTF)  underwent on 31 August 2009 a transfer of command from Rear Admiral Ruggiero Di Biase of Italy to Rear Admiral Jürgen Mannhardt of Germany.

• UNIFIL Maritime Task Force: Transfer of command from Italy to Germany [pdf, 76.38k]

New direct telephone line to visa section: 04 929 567

Please note that you can reach the visa section directly under 04 929 567, mondays to fridays 10-12 am and mondays to thursdays 13-14 pm.

• Telephone numbers and working hours of the visa section

Security advices

Please check our German website under the link below for current security advices for Lebanon as well as for latest news on the situation in the country.

• Security advices (in German) and latest news (in German, English and Arabic)

The Ambassador

• Curriculum Vitae

Other news

• Open letter by Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to the Lebanese people
• German contribution to civilian reconstruction
• Latest SECURITY ADVICES for Lebanon from the Federal Foreign Office
• News from Germany on www.diplo.de
• Information on the Federal Government

Important Internet addresses

• Federal Foreign Office
• deutschland.de - Portal to Germany
• Internet addresses in Germany
• German institutions in Lebanon