Yury Trutnev held the tenth meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Namibian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation at the RUSSIA EXPO

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The RUSSIA EXPO hosted the 10th anniversary meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Namibian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation. On the Russian side, the Commission is headed by Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District. The Namibian side of the Commission is chaired by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of Namibia Peya Mushelenga.

"Our countries have long maintained friendly relations. Russia was on the side of the Namibian people during their heroic struggle for freedom and the establishment of Namibia as a sovereign state. We appreciate that our Namibian friends consistently pursue a genuine independent course of international relations, in many respects they are our like-minded friends. We maintain a spirit of solidarity and mutual support, continue our trustful political dialog and develop our contacts. We have close views on how the modern world should develop without dictatorship and imposition of foreign models of society and state structure. I am confident that we will continue to strengthen cooperation and friendly relations between our countries," Yury Trutnev opened the meeting.

"Namibia considers bilateral relations and cooperation between Namibia and the Russian Federation important. We are proud of the good diplomatic relations with your country. You are a valuable partner for our country. The Intergovernmental Russian-Namibian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation is one of the main platforms to coordinate our bilateral ties," Peya Mushelenga said.

The parties discussed strengthening cooperation in agriculture, space industry, fisheries, mining, energy sector, tourism, education, healthcare, trade and economic relations and investment attraction.

"Namibia's business community is interested in developing mutually beneficial relations with Russian business," Peya Mushelenga specified.

Yury Trutnev noted that a number of Russian companies are interested in participating in the geological study of Namibia's subsoil.

"The companies are ready not only to explore deposits for Namibia, put them into operation, but also to train Namibian students in relevant mining specialties," said the Deputy Prime Minister.

Following the results of the discussion, the co-chairmen of the Commission Yury Trutnev and Peya Mushelenga signed the minutes of the 10th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Namibian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation. A memorandum of understanding was also signed between the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Health and Social Services of the Republic of Namibia. The document was signed by Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko and Minister of Health and Social Services of the Republic of Namibia Kalumbi Shangula.

"We have agreed with Mr. Co-Chairman that following the results of the commission meeting we will give instructions to prepare cooperation plans in all directions in order to develop our trade and economic relations. Russia and Namibia have long-standing friendly ties. Namibia supports Russia's position in a number of areas. Our friendship is another island of stability, which allows us to maintain normal international relations and normal development in the world," summarized the results of the meeting Yury Trutnev.

On the same day at the RUSSIA EXPO, the Namibian delegation visited the Pavilion of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and got acquainted with the expositions of the Far Eastern regions.

"The RUSSIA EXPO made a deep impression. In fact, it opened our eyes to the level of development of Russia in a number of industries. For me, it was particularly interesting to pay attention to the information and communication technology development field. In the past, I was the Minister of Information and Communication Technologies in Namibia. I will definitely pass on my impressions to my successor so that he can come and see everything with his own eyes and identify opportunities where we could cooperate. The pavilions dedicated to the Far East made a great impression. I would especially like to mention the exposition of Kamchatka, showing a volcanic eruption. This is something I have heard about but never seen in person. It is quite impressive," Peya Mushelenga said.

"We could not show the distinguished Mr. Mushelenga the entire RUSSIA EXPO today. It would have taken much more time than we had at our disposal. Since the co-chair was heading the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies, we introduced him to the exposition in this industry. And I could not help but show him the exposition of the regions of the Far East. Because this is my job, I am responsible for the development of the Far Eastern macro-region. In the Far East, we can cooperate in many areas," summarized Yury Trutnev.