The delegations are headed by the Commission’s co-presidents, Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, and Mr. Yuri Ivanovich Borisov, vice-president of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Participants are meeting in working groups in which they will exchange viewpoints on aspects of mutual interest in the economy, finance, energy, transportation, agriculture, communications and health care, among other sectors, with the involvement of the business sector.

This session of the Intergovernmental Commission will end on Thursday and is an expression of the two countries’ interest in strengthening economic relations and collaboration, the Ministry of Foreign Investment informed.

The Ministry noted that the two-day meeting will based on respect, confidence and transparency.

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