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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, through its Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Xavier Bettel, Minister of Finance, Gilles Roth, and Minister of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity, Serge Wilmes, today announced the expansion of the International Climate Finance Accelerator (ICFA) to include a new programme: the International Social Finance Accelerator (ISFA).

The Luxembourg Future Fund 2 (LFF2) and Lyten announce that LFF2 has made an equity investment into Silicon Valley based Lyten, the supermaterial applications company and global leader in Lithium-Sulfur battery technology.

As part of his desire to strengthen dialogue between partners with the aim of finding a political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, received, on 15 July 2024, the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the Middle East peace process

The Prime Minister, Luc Frieden, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, took part in the NATO Summit 2024, held in Washington from 9 to 11 July 2024, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Alliance.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, and the Minister for Digitalisation, Research and Higher Education, Stéphanie Obertin, have concluded their working visit to the Republic of Korea.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, took part in the meeting of the EU General Affairs Council (GAC) in Luxembourg on 25 June 2024.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, took part in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the Council of the European Union, held in Brussels on 24 June 2024.

On the occasion of the public celebration of the birthday of HRH the Grand Duke, members of the Grand Duke's family and the government attend the festivities organised in Kehlen, Esch-sur-Alzette and Luxembourg City on 22nd and 23rd June 2024.

The third day of the mission was mainly marked by an event dedicated to the start-up ecosystem, at which the Japanese start-up "Thermalytica", a spin-off from the Tsukuba-based National Institute for Materials Science, active in space technologies, officially announced the opening of an office in Luxembourg. The event was held in Tsukuba.

From June 10 to 13, 2024, HRH the Hereditary Grand Duke will chair an economic mission to Japan led jointly by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, and the Minister of the Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, accompanied by the General Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Carlo Thelen.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Minister for Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Xavier Bettel, paid a working visit to Israel and Palestine from 28 to 29 May 2024.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, took part in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the Council of the European Union, held in Brussels on 27 May 2024.

After a schedule in Detroit and Cleveland on 22 and 23 April, which included visits to Guardian, BorgWarner, Avery Dennison and Goodyear, HRH the Crown Prince and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, made a working visit to New York and Delaware on 24 and 25 April 2024.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, and the Minister of Defence, Yuriko Backes, took part in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the Council of the EU, which was held on 22 April 2024 in Luxembourg.

At the invitation of Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, TRH the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are undertaking a State visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from 16 to 18 April 2024.