Petersburg forum to address regional economic issues
15:40, 4 June 2009
MOSCOW. June 4. KAZINFORM The economic forum opening in St. Petersburg on Thursday is a good opportunity to discuss the global economic crisis, including its impact on former Soviet republics, a Kazakh analyst said on Thursday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
"Whereas in Davos organizers try to get different people to discuss the global agenda mainly in terms of the western market, in St. Petersburg I think we could have some kind of regional agenda", and discuss "what we should do beyond crisis in terms of this CIS market," said Kairat Kelimbetov, head of Kazakhstan's National Welfare Fund.
The June 4-6 International Economic Forum will be devoted to urgent global development issues. It will be divided into two parts, covering economic and financial areas, and involve more than 2,000 participants.
Kelimbetov said the forum was a good opportunity for both bilateral and multilateral contacts between CIS countries and representatives of global financial institutions and companies; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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