Russia–Iran Business Forum

On 13 December Tehran hosted the Russia-Iran Business Forum, organized by the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Russian Export Center, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, the Chamber of Commerce of Iran, and the Joint Russian-Iranian Chamber of Commerce.

The Business Forum brought together over 800 guests and participants, including Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak, Minister of Communications and Information Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Vaezi, Minister of North Caucasus Affairs of the Russian Federation Lev Kuznetsov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Georgy Kalamanov, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture of the Islamic Republic of Iran Gholamhossein Shafei, Chairman of the Joint Russian-Iranian Chamber of Commerce Asadollah Asgaroladi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation Mehdi Sanai, Governor of Ulyanovsk Region Sergey Morozov, CEO of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Andrey Nikitin, the heads of Russian and Iranian companies, and representatives from the expert community and the media.

The Forum opened with a plenary session which focused on the diversification of bilateral trade and economic relations. The business programme continued with a series of roundtables and discussions of relevant issues relating to cooperation between Russia and Iran: trade, economic, and investment collaboration, support for Russian and Iranian business at the government level, cooperation in the industrial, technical, and energy sectors, and the financial and banking industry.

Within the scope of the Business Networking Platform organized by the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the Russian Export Center, over 100 meetings took place between heads of Russian and Iranian companies.

Plenary session (Video in Farsi)

Roundtable: Industrial cooperation as a driver of innovative development in Iran (Video in Farsi)

Roundtable: Cooperation in the Finance and Banking sectors (Video in Farsi)

Roundtable: Non-oil export support and cooperation projects (Video in Farsi)