Need help understanding this phrase " in einem Statement, das WELT vorliegt"
The phrase is from this sentence: "Die KFC-Zentrale in Deutschland teilte in einem Statement, das WELT vorliegt, mit: Das Wohlbefinden der Gäste habe höchste Priorität. "

I think a rough translation is as follows but I want to make sure that I got it right...

The KFC-Central in Germany issued a Statement, that was presented to Die Welt, saying ....

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Need help understanding this phrase " in einem Statement, das WELT vorliegt"
The phrase is from this sentence: "Die KFC-Zentrale in Deutschland teilte in einem Statement, das WELT vorliegt, mit: Das Wohlbefinden der Gäste habe höchste Priorität. "

I think a rough translation is as follows but I want to  make  sure that I got it right...

The KFC-Central in Germany issued a Statement, that was presented to Die Welt, saying ....

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I am not sure about the English translation. Doesn't "present to" mean something more along the lines of actively addressing someone, e.g. "He presented a statement to the media, announcing his retirement" or something?

"vorliegen" just means that the newspaper WELT is in possession of / somehow got their hands on this statement. The implication is that the KFC-Zentrale didn't issue a public statement, but possibly directly contacted the British tourists and somehow WELT got wind of that.

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Yeah, you got it right.

The next part goes: "the well-being of the guests is the top priority"

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