RT Prime-minister has taken part in a meeting of the organizational committee of preparation for the International forum of development of the CIS innovative space
9 April 2009, Thursday
April 9, RT Prime-minister Rustam Minnikhanov is in Moscow on a working visit during which he is to take part in the meeting of the organizational committee of the International forum ‘The development of the CIS innovative space. The role and place of the CIS Chambers of Commerce and Industry’.
The meeting is taking place at the RF Chamber of Commerce and Industry and is led by its head Evgeny Primakov.
The forum ‘The development of the CIS innovative space. The role and place of the CIS Chambers of Commerce and Industry’ will take place in Kazan on 16-17 April. The participants of the meeting discussed details of preparation for the event.
Information from the RT Government’s web-site, April 9, 2009
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