Officials of federal and regional authorities, NGOs, businessmen and experts will attend the 5th Russian-Abkhaz Business Forum, entitled “Abkhazia and Russia 2008-2013: five years of cooperation and construction”, hosted by Sukhumi, Apsnypress reports.
Russia will be represented by Vladimir Chernov, head of the Presidential Directorate for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign States, Sergey Chebotaryov, his deputy, Valery Maksimov, head of the Planning Department of the Directorate, Dmitry Gorshkov, an advisor at the Department, Andrey Filichev, Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Siberian Federal District, Alexey Pavlovsky, Director of the Four CIS Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The talks will also be attended by officials of the Ministries for Regional Development, Energy, Industry and Trade, Agriculture, Transportation, Communications, Economic Development, Culture, the Federal Agency for the CIS, Compatriots and International Humanitarian Cooperation. Delegations will arrived from Adygeya, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Chechnya, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories, Leningrad and Moscow Regions, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, TIC, RR, Rosneft, VTB Bank, RAS, higher education centers, tourism companies and non-commercial organizations.
The forum will consist of a plenary session and six round-table conferences.
