The message reads, in part:
“Your forum, which was established back in 2006 at the initiative of the oldest mining universities of the world, the St Petersburg Mining University and the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, has proved to be effective and became a popular platform for discussing the current issues of collaboration between the two countries in the raw materials, energy and other sectors of the economy.
It is important that this forum keeps developing its capacity from year to year, provides Russian and German companies with up-to-date information on promising directions of the raw materials markets development and the latest technologies in the industry, and helps to strengthen this mutually beneficial cooperation.
Today maintaining and enriching the significant potential of interaction, which was increased by Russia and Germany in the course of the past several years, depends to a large extent on maintaining contacts between the civil societies of our two countries, and on the effectiveness of such highly needed initiatives as your forum.”