Press Release

A fresh impetus is to be provided to the renewed partnership between India and Germany in the field of humanities, particularly historical research. A determined call for this was given today by Ambassador of India to Germany H.E. Mr. Gurjit Singh while addressing the inaugural session of the 51stGerman Historian's Conference at the iconic Rathaus(Town Hall) of Hamburg. The event was inaugurated by Mr. Olaf Scholz, First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Prof.Dr. Martin Schulze Wessel, President of German Historical Association while Dr.Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Foreign Minister spoke via video link from New York, where he was attending the UN General Assembly.
Ambassador Gurjit Singh said that study of history could provide directions for understanding the conflict and seek solutions and call for joint research on an equal basis between Indian and German historians. He

specifically called upon the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and the Indian History Congress, whose representatives were present on the occasion to build agenda of cooperation with their German counterparts and promise full support for its implementation.