Berlin, 1,500 attendees at the Ukraine Recovery Conference

(ANSA) - ROME, 04 MAG - Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze said in an interview with Ukrinform that the German government expects about 1,500 participants at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in Berlin on June 11-12.
    "We expect about 1,500 participants," said Schulze, who called the conference "special" because the organizers have invited representatives of civil society and local government bodies in addition to government and business representatives.
    Schulze stressed the importance of involving society and local government in recovery efforts because the citizens, cities, and municipal self-government bodies are already taking matters into their own hands and know what is missing. The minister also said that Ukrainian and German cities and communities have already signed more than 200 partnerships.
    Schulze then underlined that the URC does not aim to be a "conference of promises" but should influence several dimensions of reconstruction, from the economy to the psychosocial support of Ukrainians. (ANSA).