Utah Governor Supports Creating US-Russian Regional Business Commissions - Antonov
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published October 24, 2018 | 04:57 AM
SALT LAKE CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th October, 2018) Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov told reporters that state of Utah Governor Gary Herbert supports the concept of establishing a high-level regional business commission between the two countries.
"Today, we spoke about the possible creation of business commissions at the regional level, for example, the state of Utah and Ryazan or Utah and Izhevsk," Antonov said after meeting with the governor on Tuesday. "I can say that he [Herbert] supported them."
Antonov said the high-level group would allow business leaders from both countries to promote development of bilateral trade and investments.
It is not a secret, Antonov said, that at the Federal level things are not going well - neither in the area of politics nor in economics.
Antonov said the Utah governor also supported the idea of reviving sister city ties with Russian towns such as Izhevsk and Votkins.
The ambassador said he hoped as a result of his visit representatives of Russia's different regions will come to Utah or that Utah's representatives will travel to these regions.
Antonov is currently on a visit in the US State of Utah, where he already had a meeting with Utah's Governor Gary Herbert, met with representatives of the business community and visited the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City.
Most US companies remain positive about their work in Russia, despite several rounds of sanctions imposed on Moscow by Washington, according to a survey carried out by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia in April. The survey revealed that almost 70 percent of US businesses intended to start new projects in Russia in 2019, and almost 90 percent planned to either increase their investments in Russia or at least maintain them.
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