Germany noted the importance of the climate agenda in the dialogue with Russia

“With regard to scientific cooperation, climate protection issues will play an important role, cooperation will also extend to other areas that are related,” RIA Novosti quotes the diplomat.

These include infrastructure policy, social services, social sciences and sciences in the humanities spectrum. 

According to von Gafr, the decision of the heads of state to declare the Year of Economy and Sustainable Development was very wise.

“I think that our countries - both Russia and Germany - can make a great contribution to the European system for solving the global problems that we face,” he says.

The 26th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland will bring together over 120 leaders of states.