Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chennai, Hans-Burkhard Sauerteig, described Hyderabad as a fast- expanding and developing world class city on Thursday.
Sauerteig said that Hyderabad was among the 20 world class cities which would see marvellous development in the days to come. Hence, Germany has selected Hyderabad as one of the venues for an exhibition next year.
The German Consul General met Chief Minister K Rosaiah at secretariat on Thursday in this regard. Rosaiah assured all support and assistance to the German exhibition.
The Consul General told the Chief Minister that to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with India, Germany was presently planning a German Year in India. With a huge diversity of events, 'Germany and India 2011-2012' will showcase the entire spectrum of cooperation with India that include politics, business, culture, education, science and research under the overarching theme 'StadtRaume-CitySpaces'.
'Germany and India 2011-2012' is scheduled from autumn 2011 to autumn 2012. Sauerteig said, "Germany and India work together as partners on the basis of mutual trust and shared values to meet future challenges. We intend to extend and intensify long-term cooperation based on partnership in all fields. The Indian Council For Cultural Relations and the German Foreign Ministry on 18th October 2010 signed a Memorandum Of Understanding to facilitate the realisation of this project".
The Consul General said "We are planning central events in Hyderabad. There will be exhibitions, symposia, congresses, trade fairs and cultural events. A core element and special added value is a mobile unit which will host the main events".
Sauerteig further added, "The mobile event unit is conceived as an interactive space where presentations from the fields of business, culture, science, education and research will be made. The unit will travel to the major cities in the country and will be the face of Germany and India 2011-2012".
The Chief Minister said the State government will make all facilities available for the all important exhibitions.