On 6 February 2020, the regular «Helmholtz‑Wintergespräche» event took place in Moscow.

On the sidelines of this event, in a festive atmosphere, an exchange of documents took place between representatives of the Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (GSI), Germany, and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) and thereby the Agreement between these scientific centers was actualized. This Agreement, signed by the directors of the GSI and JINR, Professor P. Gubellino and Academician V.A. Matveev, opens the way for the participation of German scientific organizations in the implementation of the “NICA Complex” project. The work carried out under the Agreement is coordinated by the GSI and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany.

V. D. Kekelidze, Leader of the NICA Project

Solemn exchange of signed documents of the Agreement on Cooperation between the GSI and JINR