Russian Businessmen Intend To Open A Russian Trading House In Kenya
Russian Businessmen Intend To Open A Russian Trading House In Kenya
Vladimir Vishnevsky, head of the commission for developing relations with Africa at the New Formation, told a TASS correspondent about this following a meeting with Kenya’s Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperatives Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya.
“As part of the business mission, which took place from November 30 to December 5, we held a meeting with the Kenyan Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperatives, Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya, who is responsible, among other things, for the development of free economic zones,” Vishnevsky said.
“We discussed issues of cooperation in logistics, education, and agriculture, in particular, the supply of seeds. We talked about the intention to establish a Russian trading house in Kenya – a cluster for the sale of goods from the Russian Federation. The minister supported us on all issues, and appointed an official responsible for interaction.”
Vishnevsky added that the business delegation from Russia also held a meeting with Beatrice Elachi, a member of the National Assembly of Kenya and the chairperson of the parliamentary friendship group with Russia.
“During the negotiations, issues of developing Russian-Kenyan economic relations, cultural and humanitarian cooperation, as well as projects in the field of sports were discussed. We voiced specific requests to the parliamentarian for the supply of agricultural and alcoholic products to Kenya, in particular, domestic wines from the southern regions of the Russian Federation, cosmetics,” the entrepreneur explained.
Russian entrepreneurs also held a business forum, which was attended by Kenyan economists, lawyers, representatives of the agro-industrial complex, IT and banking sectors, and representatives of tea exporting companies.
“We discussed a wide range of issues with them, in particular, assistance from the Kenyan side in registering legal entities, obtaining licenses and other business support services, as well as product certification rules. We discussed cooperation in importing flowers to Russia and exporting domestic wheat and barley seeds to Kenya,” he added.
In addition, according to Vishnevsky, a meeting with the second secretary of the Russian Embassy in Kenya, Sergei Fomenko, took place as part of the business visit.
The delegation members told him about their companies and voiced requests for interaction with local partners.
Following the meeting, a number of agreements were reached and steps for joint work in Kenya were outlined.
Russian Businessmen Intend To Open A Russian Trading House In Kenya
