Russia to partake in EXPO-2017 event at a very high level
10:18, 19 September 2014
MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - Commissioner of the International specialized exhibition EXPO-2017 and first Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Rapil Zhoshybayev has met with Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and his deputy Georgy Kalamanov in Moscow.
At the meeting the sides touched upon Russia's participation in the EXPO-2017 event, including involvement of Russian companies working in the sphere of construction, technologies and alternative energy. After the meeting, Georgy Kalamanov noted that Russia plans to participate in the EXPO-2017 event at a very high level, since ‘it has close relations with Kazakhstan'. Rapil Zhoshybayev also paid a visit to the Skolkovo innovation center where he discussed the possibility of creating a technological park on the territory of EXPO pavilion in Astana after the exhibition.