Merit Medical : Meeting with Minister President of Bavaria Markus Soeder

The Russian representatives at the meeting included Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov Ushakov YuryAide to the President, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov Reshetnikov MaximMinister of Economic Development, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin Sobyanin SergeiMoscow Mayor and Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin Sechin IgorRosneft CEO, Chairman of the Management Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Minister President, colleagues,

I am very happy to see you. Welcome!

I know that you will be meeting with the Moscow Mayor. Moscow and Bavaria have always had very good relations. I must say that I have always had very good, friendly and business-like relations with your predecessors.

This is not by accident; representatives of Bavaria are very active in Russia. In 1995 Bavaria opened a mission in Russia and it has been working quite successfully in a variety of areas since then. It is fair to say that, as far as I know, every fifth German company operating in Russia is from Bavaria. More than half of all big German investments in the Russian economy have been made by companies registered in Bavaria.

I know that Moscow is not your only partner in Russia. Many Russian regions are working with you. We are always happy to see our guests, friends and partners.

Welcome!

To be continued.