India's prime minister in Germany

Today India's prime minister and Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel opened the world's biggest industrial exhibition, "Hannover Messe". The exhibition's partner country this year is India.

In their press conference Merkel mentioned a better collaboration between the two countries in matters of civil use of nuclear energy would be possible. Concerning the acceptance of India as a nuclear power she wants to await the result of the US-congress-poll.

Apparently India is beginning to gain more attention in Germany now. After the Hannover Messe it will also be partner country and main theme of the worlds biggest book fair, "Frankfurter Buchmesse", in autumn 2006.

But German economic professionals believe, that Germany recognized the importance and economical power of India too late and that a further collaboration between Germany and India will only be possible if Germany decides to support India's ambitions in nuclear power.

Source of picture: www.spiegel.de