The General Delegation of the State of Palestine in the Federal Republic of Germany (Arabic: سفارة دولة فلسطين لدى ألمانيا) is the diplomatic mission of the Palestine in Germany in the absence of fully normalized relations. It is located in Berlin.[1] The German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) recognized the State of Palestine in 1988 prior to the German reunification in 1990 with West Germany. It was only recently upgraded to a diplomatic mission from a representative office as part of the normalization of relations between the two countries