St Petersburg Dialogue to broaden RF-Germany society cooperation

WOLFSBURG, July 18 (Itar-Tass) -- The 11th session of the
Russian-German public forum St. Petersburg Dialogue will promote a deeper
mutual understanding between the civil societies in Germany and Russia,
the forum's German co-chairman Lothar de Maiziere told a press conference
on Sunday before the opening ceremony of the forum.
"We have used this year after the 10th session of our forum to seek
for new types and a new content of cooperation. You will witness the
results of our contemplations at the forum, which will be opened today,"
De Maiziere said. The German co-chairman of the forum expressed hope that
this "will be an interesting event."
"Our major goal is to discuss such issues, which are interesting for
both our countries," De Maiziere said. The countries "are expected to
discuss the issues of migration and integration," De Maiziere said. The
forum will focus on environmental protection and will discuss demographic
problems in the next year.
The forum organizers succeeded "to find quite authorized partners" to
participate in the meetings of the working groups, De Maiziere said. The
Russian-German youth parliament will have a session simultaneously with
the St. Petersburg Dialogue forum. The youth parliament should promote the
development of fruitful contacts between young generations in Russia and
Germany. "We are very interested to find what young men and women in the
countries are thinking and what tasks concern them," De Maiziere
underlined.