More than 140 heads of government are expected at the UN General Assembly in New York. Islamic State, Ebola, talks with Iran - current crises are set to be at the center of the agenda, reports GHN based on DW.
Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier sees the purpose of the UN summit meeting this week as being "to support the new Iraqi government, which is making amends for the mistakes of the past," and trying to integrate all regions and religions in a common government. The intention, he says, is to undermine support for the jihadist group known as "Islamic State" (IS), which it has gained to date from disappointed sections of the Iraqi population.
However, Steinmeier also wants to be actively involved in New York in "organizing a collective response to Islamist terrorism, such as IS," as well as emphasizing the role Germany is playing - particularly with regard to German arms deliveries to Kurdish fighters in Iraq.
According to Heather Conley, Washington recognizes that supplying arms to the Peshmerga was "a significant foreign policy decision for Berlin." A Germany expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Conley told Deutsche Welle that she didn't believe there were any further specific expectations of Germany at present.