Ranchi, June 12 -- German Ambassador to India, Philip Ackermann held talks with Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and discussed coal mining, which is important for the state and Germany.

Ackermann, in conversation with ANI, said that Soren is a thoughtful man when it comes to such complex operations.

"So the Chief Minister is a very thoughtful man when it comes to this transition, transition complex. It's a very, very difficult plan, and I think he's somebody who thinks about it a lot and has a lot of ideas, and we had a very substantive discussion on it," he said.

Ackermann said that Soren intends to visit Germany soon to see some German coal mines that have been transformed to parks or business opportunities.

"It was a bit along...