President Putin with Bavarian Minister-President and leader of the Christian Social Union Edmund Stoiber.
Mr Putin and Mr Stoiber focussed on opportunities for expanded Russian-German economic cooperation, including cooperation between regions.
On the eve of Mr Putin’s visit to Germany, Munich, the capital of Bavaria, hosted a Russian-German economic forum attended by the governors of nine Siberian regions.
See also
Visit to Germany. Russian-German Intergovernmental Consultations
June 15 − 16, 2000