Addressing the gathering, the foreign minister of the guest of honor said Germany was profoundly honored to accept the invitation to become this year's guest of honor, vowing that the German pavilion was designed to reflect the traditions, values, culture, life-style and innovations of the German people as gifts to a wide spectrum of the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He said he was pleased to accompany a delegation of several sectors of Germany representing politics, arts, culture and others, wishing that the German participation in the festival would achieve the projected goal. --More 18:51 LOCAL TIME 15:51 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w