The German one is the best. Literally no welcome
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Justin Trudeau: I may not have two moms but something even better, two dads and a mom!
Pierre Trudeau:
Stuff like this are why I think Victoria Nuland and Blinken are the ones running things. Biden seems incapable of even assembling a coherent sentence.
I think it is normal protocol. Only head of state or head of government have red carpet and well-defined to-dos. A minister no matter how important is essentially a bureaucrat. Their visit is only "working" visit that has no diplomatic procedure to follow. Usually minister would be welcomed at the airport by an official half-rank lower which is like assistant or deputy minister. This is what I observed from Chinese practice broadcasted by CCTV. In cases of China and US, there were an Indian official (presumably from Indian F Ministry) at the airport besides a police officer responsible for security, a guy looks like chauffeur and the ambassadors.
Of course, if the two countries are in good relationship and the host is trying to make a show, the welcoming party may be more elevated and the receiving minister would present at the airport, but this is not common.
However, the Germany FM had no Indian officials from their foreign ministry. That is unusual IMO.
The Indian logic might be:
American and Chinese officials = representatives of near-peer powers to the Indian singularity power = recieve them with a slightly lower rank official
German official = colonial administrator of a near-peer power = unworthy of meeting any official of the greatest superpower.
Maybe it was a deliberate move by Russian and Chinese authorities to detect the moles? If true, then soon there will be another uptick in window-related deaths.