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24-Oct-2006
Days of Moscow opened in Bavaria
MUNICH, October 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Days of Moscow in Bavaria were opened in a ceremony in Munich on Saturday to mark the 15th anniversary since the establishment of partnership relation between the Russian capital and the southern German region.
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and Bavarian Premier Edmund Shoiber participated in the ceremony.
Luzhkov, when speaking at the ceremony, said that cooperation with Bavaria developed with each passing year and gave substantial results. Russia and Germany have the most intensive and developed contacts, and Moscow and Bavaria make a great contribution to it, he noted.
Bavaria always had special relations with Russia and in particular with Moscow, Stoiber said. There are relations of partnership and real friendship between Bavaria and the Russian capital, he added.
After the ceremony, the orchestra "Soloists of Moscow" gave a concert in the Munich residence.
Itar Tass