An Israeli-West Germany physics symposium opened here today marking the tenth anniversary of scientific cooperation between the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Max Planck Society of West Germany. Foreign Minister Abba Eban who spoke briefly at the opening, noted that “scientific cooperation between Israel and Germany has paved the way for vitally important cooperation with other European countries.”
About 50 West German scientists have joined 90 Israeli colleagues at the symposium being held at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot. The Ambassador from Bonn, Jesco Von Puttkamer, said scientific relations between his country and Israel were the foundation for political relations between the two nations. He noted that West German Chancellor Willy Brandt will visit Israel in June. The German scientists participating in the physics symposium are headed by Prof. Wolfgang Gentner of the Max Planck Institute and Hans Hilger Haunschild, State Secretary of the West German Ministry for Research and Technology.
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