On November 8, the delegation of the Moscow City Government and the leadership of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry visited the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of South Tyrol (Italy), The MCCI President, Mr. Vladimir Platonov, met with the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Bolzano - (South Tyrol), Mr. Michl Ebner.
The meeting was attended by Konstantin Krokhin, the Chairman of the Commission for Foreign Economic Cooperation of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry.with partners in Italy.
"Cooperation with Italian colleagues is one of the priorities for the Moscow Chamber of Commerce.. Partnership between Moscow and Italy has an extensive business history," Mr. Platonov said in his welcoming speech. Incidentally, as a small example, the MCCI was involved in organising business functions for the "EXPO Milan 2015", as well as in 2017 in Milan and Genoa, which were conducted within the framework of the program of business and culture, dedicated to the "Days of Moscow in Italy". The Moscow Chamber regularly hosted business delegations from different regions of Italy".
The Head of the Moscow Chamber reported that the Chamber of Commerce and Industry promotes cooperation with Italian partners not only with the business community of Moscow, but also with other Russian regions. Thanks to the active work of the MCCI Commission for Foreign Economic Cooperation with partners in the Italian Republic in the period before the pandemic, presentations of trade, economic and investment potentials were organized for presentation to the Italian business circles in the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Tula region. As a result of B2B negotiations, contracts for the implementation of economic projects were concluded.
"Unfortunately, due to sanitary restrictions in the fight against coronavirus infection, part of the CCI delegation could not come to Bolzano today," Mr. Platonov said. However, the Moscow Chamber of Commerce has prepared a catalog of companies, interested in cooperation with entrepreneurs in South Tyrol. This catalog will be presented to our partners in the Chamber of Commerce of Bolzano. We hope it will resonate and lead to joint projects.
As part of the visit, a Memorandum on cooperation between the Bolzano and Moscow Chambers of Commerce was signed. The document was signed by the MCCI President, Mr. Platonov and the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Mr. Mihl Ebner. The Head of the Chamber of Commerce of Bolzano expressed the hope that the signed document will expand and strengthen cooperation between the two regions in areas such as ecology (including the greening of industrial production), health and medicine, the exchange of experiences in the tourism sector, innovation in the agricultural sector and information technology.
In addition, there were also negotiations between Mr. Sergey Cheremin, the Minister of Moscow Government and Head of the Department for External Economic and International Relations of Moscow, Mr. Platonov, the President of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with Mr. Josef Gostner, the President of the company “SKY ALPS” and Mr. Massimo Bessone, the Head of the South Tyrol Real Estate Department.
Thereafter, with the government of the region of Trentino-Alto Adige of South Tyrol, there took place successful negotiations of the Moscow delegation with the Governor and key ministers of the region. A wide range of bilateral issues between Moscow and the Italian region were discussed. Mr. Platonov spoke in favour of expanding business cooperation, which, according to him, has a huge and undeveloped potential. Also the region's administration reaffirmed its commitment of transferring the “Borodina Russian Cultural Center” to Moscow for a long-term use. Mr. Cheremin invited the Governor and members of the regional government to visit the Russian capital next summer and take part in the Moscow Urban Forum.
The scope of the visit will continue.