Lapp celebrates 50 years of twinning between Stuttgart and Mumbai

March 13, 2018 12:15 pm

Cultural exchange is particularly important to Andreas Lapp, a successful businessman and Honorary Consul of India for Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. This was the 14th time that he invited around 2000 guests from business, politics, film and media, tourism, education and gastronomy to the Stuttgart Meets Mumbai wine festival on the grounds of the Taj Lands End hotel in Mumbai on 2 and 3 February. This year’s event was set to be very special, as it also celebrated 50 years of Mumbai and Stuttgart being twinned.

“We may be more than 6,500 kms apart as the crow flies, but the two cities have grown closer and closer in our hearts over the years. The festival is an important component that helps to permanently strengthen decades of close ties between the two cities, to build up important contacts and to continue ramping up international collaboration,” said Andreas Lapp.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the twinning, Stuttgart’s mayor Fritz Kuhn and delegates from the local council travelled to Mumbai. Dr Frank Mentrup, mayor of Karlsruhe, and Petra Olschowski, State Secretary at the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, were also seen at the venue.

Mayor Fritz Kuhn said, “We are celebrating our partnership with Mumbai this year – and for good reason, it is a win-win situation for both cultures. Creating an exchange with international partners is more important than ever before. This is what Stuttgart as an international city is all about.”

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