Advisor
to the President of the Russian Federation, Executive Secretary of the
Organizing Committee for the Preparation and
Holding the RussiaAfrica Summit and other events in the Russia-Africa format
in the Russian Federation in 2019 Anton
Kobyakov presided over an interagency meeting in Moscow.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the
Presidential Executive Office, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Russian Ministry of Finance, the Federal
Guard Services of the Russian Federation, Administration of Krasnodar
Territory, the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights
Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor), the Russian Export Center,
and the Roscongress Foundation.
The
participants discussed preparation of the venues to host the RussiaAfrica
Summit and the related Economic Forum that are scheduled for this October in
Sochi. They also talked about financial and economic aspects of carrying out
the events, preparation of the city and its infrastructure for the summit, as
well as about work with participants, and security in the places of residence and
movement of the delegates. Special attention was given to the need for repairs
and restoration of the Main Media Centre and adjacent territories.
«Meeting
an ambitious challenge is on the agenda. We expect about 70 leaders of African
nations to take part in the Summit. Im sure that the forthcoming summit will
become an effective and important tool for multilateral co-operation of Russian
and African economies on a number of social and economic issues. The events of the Economic Forum will, in their turn, help implement
the interests and promote initiatives of the Russian Federation on the African
Continent,» noted Anton Kobyakov.
Participants
of the meeting addressed the invitation campaign, which
already started. It involves over 7 thousand leaders of large global
corporations that represent such sectors as industry, construction, consulting,
telecommunications and IT, as well as representatives of financial and
investment companies. Alexander Stuglev, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Roscongress Foundation, noted that
many of those companies were regular participants of
Roscongress events, as well as A-listers in their fields. «The RussiaAfrica agenda holds a special place
among upcoming events managed by the
Foundation in 2019. It will be a theme of a business dialogue at the St.
Petersburg International Economic Forum, a series of expert reports united by
the common theme of RussiaAfrica Shared Vision 2030 is being prepared, a
number of sessions and cross-country dialogues is scheduled for the Russian
Energy Week. Besides, comprehensive work has been done with the Russian Export
Center on preparing the Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank
(Afreximbank) and RussiaAfrica
Economic Conference, that will be held in Moscow on 2021 June this year,» said Alexander Stuglev.
Managing
Director for International Development at the Russian Export Center Anna
Belyaeva stated that the Annual Meetings of Afreximbank is not a routine
corporate event. «The Annual Meetings of Afreximbank and the related
RussiaAfrica Economic Conference is the beginning of a long journey. In less
than a month, we expect more than 1,000 delegates from
Africa to arrive in Moscow, including 20 ministers of finance and industry of
certain countries, African Union commissars, and the continents biggest
businessmen working in various areas: from energy to agriculture to financial
sector and investment attraction. Its a unique chance to get to know Africas
business potential first-hand and lay the foundation for developing relations,»
commented Anna Belyaeva, emphasizing that the business programme of the
Afreximbanks events is designed to provide the Russian delegates with an
unbiased and comprehensive idea of the situation on the continent.
The meeting resulted in specific assignments and
deadlines set.