Jul 14, 2022

A business breakfast of Business Russia businessmen and the UAE Embassy in Russia was held in Moscow

On July 13, a business breakfast was held in Moscow with the participation of entrepreneurs of Business Russia and representatives of the UAE Embassy in Russia. During the meeting, the parties discussed prospects for the development of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, the possibility of implementing innovative export projects of business association's members, as well as measures to support these projects taken by the UAE Embassy in Russia.

The meeting was organized on the joint initiative of the UAE Embassy in the Russian Federation and Business Russia. The event was attended by Ahmed Saeed Alketbi, First Secretary and Head of the Economics and Trade Department of the UAE Embassy in Russia, Maksim Zagornov, Business Ambassador of Business Russia to the UAE , the representatives of the embassy and the business association.

As the First Secretary, Head of the Economics and Trade Department of the UAE Embassy in Russia Ahmed Saeed Alketbi noted at the beginning of the meeting, the United Arab Emirates intends to increase trade and economic cooperation with the Russian Federation. Special attention will be paid to establishing business contacts between small and medium-sized businesses in Russia and the UAE. The interest in the business organization and its activity in the territory of the Arab Emirates was noted.

"We have extremely strong relations with Russia. The United Arab Emirates has already become Russia's number one partner country in the entire Middle East. We will strive to consolidate these results," Mr. Ahmed Saeed Alketbi said. The head of the Economics and Trade Department of the UAE Embassy in Russia also stressed that they were pleased with the fact that lots of Russian companies were entering the UAE market.

Maksim Zagornov, Business Ambassador of Business Russia to the UAE expressed gratitude to the UAE Embassy in Russia for long-term cooperation and highlighted that "the interest of Business Russia entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates market is extremely high today". Maksim Zagornov told about key demands of Russian business and the results of the work of the Business Russia Trade House in the UAE. The Business Ambassador noted that "at the moment the efforts are channeled into creating a single production site of Business Russia in the Khalifa Industrial Zone (KIZAD)" and expressed hope for the support of this initiative by the UAE Embassy in Russia.

Maksim Zagornov also spoke about the work plans of the representative office of the Business Ambassador of Business Russia to the UAE (several business missions will be organized by the end of the year), and also stressed that the team of Business Ambassador of Business Russia to the UAE had been increased to eight people due to a large number of requests.

During the meeting, Business Russia entrepreneurs presented their promising export projects. Some of them are already being implemented in the UAE, others are being prepared for implementation.

Thus, Vladislav Romantsev, a member of the Board of Directors of EFKO Group of Companies, presented a project for the production of innovative products of the future (vegetarian meat alternative, plant milk, etc.). Dmitry Chukhlantsev, Director General of the TONAP Group of Companies, spoke about a mobile laser complex for the elimination of man–made disasters. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Energotransproject Alexander Larin presented a whole range of technological innovations (exoskeleton, synthesized robotic vision, etc.). Alexey Mostovshchikov, founder of the Digital Russia Group of Companies, discussed a technology platform "Orlan System", designed to help in the development of the international digital construction ecosystem. Anna Nadobnykh, managing partner of BizApps, presented R.bot RPA, a platform for creating software robots.

"These are really innovative projects that have great prospects for the development in the United Arab Emirates market," Ahmed Saeed Alketbi, Head of the Economics and Trade Department of the UAE Embassy in Russia noted. During the meeting, the representatives of the embassy gave a number of recommendations to entrepreneurs and pledged to provide organizational support in promoting these projects in the UAE.

At the suggestion of the parties, it was decided to hold these meetings in the format of business breakfasts with the participation of Business Russia businessmen and the UAE Embassy in Russia on a regular basis.

For cooperation with the team of the Business Ambassador of Business Russia to the UAE, please contact M. Nevolina: +7 904 813 53 83, deloros@energo-union.com