Maxim Zagornov will speak at the panel session «Energy»

Maxim Zagornov, President of the Russian Association of Small-Scale Power Engineering, Director of the MKS Group of Companies, Business Russia Business Ambassador to the UAE, will speak on April 9 at the panel session "Energy. New Trends" within the XII session of the Russian-Arab Business Council. In addition, on April 8 will hold a business dialog "Russia - United Arab Emirates", the main purpose of which will be direct interaction between entrepreneurs of Russia and the UAE, expanding the geography of cooperation.

On April 8 and 9, Moscow will host the IV International Exhibition "Arabia EXPO 2019" and the XII session of the Russian-Arab Business Council. The global international event will be attended by official delegations from 20 Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and others. The motto of the event is: "Russia - Arab World: Time for Action for a Common Future". The Arabia-Expo 2019 business platform will provide an opportunity for open discussion and exchange of views on the most important issues of the global economy and the Russian-Arab agenda. Several panel sessions, including those dedicated to energy, will take place over the two days.

The speaker of the discussion "Energy. New Trends" will be Maxim Zagornov, President of the Russian Association of Small-Scale Power Engineering, Director of MKS Group of Companies. The expert will share relevant information on the prospects of Russian-Emirati cooperation in the field of small distributed and alternative energy.

"Contrary to the stereotype persisting in Russia that the Emirates' economy is based on oil, real estate and tourism, the UAE market is in reality very capacious. The oil and gas sector accounts for only 31%," Maxim Zagornov emphasized. - The country is actively developing electric power, distributed and alternative energy, metallurgy, IT sector, transportation, chemical industry, financial sector, food industry.".

The panel session "Energy. New Trends" will also feature Anatoly Yanovsky, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Attaher Al Zhkhani, Minister of Planning of Libya, Tariq Al Qahtani, President of Abdel Hadi A. Al-Qahtani & Sons Group of Companies, Alexander Dyukov, Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Neft, Sergey Kudryashov, General Director of Zarubezhneft, and others. The discussion will be moderated by Mr. Vasily Belov, General Director of "How Much Venture Investments" LLC.

In addition, we would like to remind you that on April 8, Maxim Zagornov, who is Business Russia's business ambassador to the UAE, will hold a business dialog "Russia - United Arab Emirates", during which practical cases and success stories of Russian export-oriented companies will be presented, as well as UAE business opportunities will be presented.