A meeting was held in Moscow between Anton
Kobyakov, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, and Professor
Klaus Mangold, Chairman of Mangold Consulting. The focus of the meeting was the
participation of German business delegations in key business events held by the
Roscongress Foundation, and the opportunity for Germany to act as a guest
country at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
«Every year Germany sends one of the largest
delegations to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, and this year
it was attended by over 300 German representatives. The Forum played host to a
bilateral business dialogue where Russian and German businesspeople expressed
their mutual interest in implementing joint projects in various sectors of the
economy and praised the strengthening of relations between our countries,» said
Anton Kobyakov, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation.
Russian-German cooperation is of great
importance, especially with this year Germany taking the mantle of the second
biggest investor in Russia over the past 20 years.
«Next year, Germany will take over the EU
presidency and this will encourage German business representatives to
participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which I have
attended since its very first year. The Forum is of great importance for
building trade and economic relations between our countries, and annual
meetings at this influential event enable us to significantly accelerate the
implementation of joint investment projects and find constructive solutions to
strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation,» said Klaus Mangold, Chairman of
Mangold Consulting.
The meeting participants discussed Germanys
participation in Russia House in Davos in January 2020 and the meeting of the
Russian and German business community in February 2020 in Stuttgart, organized
by the Roscongress Foundation together with its regional partner, Honourary
Consul of Russian Federation in the state of Baden-Württemberg and Chairman of
the Supervisory Board at Knorr-Bremse Group, Dr. Klaus Mangold.
Earlier, Anton Kobyakov held a meeting with
Michael Harms, Executive Director of the Eastern Committee of the German
Economy, where they outlined areas for supporting SMEs, including the
possibility of organizing a visit of Russian SMEs to Germany, and the
participation of German small businesses in Roscongress Foundation events.