The EAEU Member States’ Business Mission to African Countries Will Take Place with Support from Russia’s Leading Industry Organizations
The Russian Export
Centre, the Roscongress Foundation, the State Development Corporation VEB.RF,
RosGeo, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the Chamber of
Commerce and Industry of the Russian
Federation, the All-Russian Non-Governmental Organization of Small and Medium Business "Opora Russia", and the Eurasian Economic Commission will undertake several business
missions to African countries.
"The initiative under consideration follows on directly from the
agreements reached following the Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum
in St. Petersburg. The official delegations from African countries and business
figures expressed their keen interest in continuing to promote their
relationship and in the deepening and intensification of Russia–African
cooperation, within which priority areas for economic cooperation have been
identified in which concrete results can be achieved in the next few years. We are talking about energy, including
renewable energy sources, the development of infrastructure, especially railway
and housing construction, mining and mineral processing, agriculture, digital
technologies, geological exploration, medicine, science, and education," Anton
Kobyakov, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Executive
Secretary of the Organizing Committee for Russia–Africa Events.
The aim of the
visits by representatives of leading business organizations from Russia and the
EAEU will be to strengthen relations with regional organizations of the African
continent in key areas of development of trade, economic and investment
potential.
The delegations
will also comprise representatives of Russian business and other EAEU member
states working in the transport, agribusiness, exploration, mining and processing
of minerals, energy, and digital service sectors.