More than 110 foreign firms to attend St Pete Economic Forum

More than 110 foreign firms to attend St Pete Economic Forum

ITAR-TASS, Russia
May 25 2004

ST. PETERSBURG, May 24 (Itar-Tass) — more than 100 foreign firms
will take part in the St. Petersburg Economic Forum to be held in
the middle of June.

A presentation of one of the CIS states – Armenia, Russia’s
Southern Federal District, and, for the first time one of the
European countries, the Czech Republic, will be held at the forum,
the Secretary-General of the Council of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly, Mikhail Krotov, said on Monday.

Joint Russian-Czech transport projects are expected to be presented
as well.

The participants in the forum will be able to familiarise themselves
with Czech and Armenian culture works.

Forum organisers hope that not only businessmen but also foreign
leaders and the heads of Russian regions will take part in the forum.