Russia and Italy discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation

Moscow, March 9. - Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov held a meeting with the Ambassador of the Italian Republic in Moscow Pasquale Terracciano, in the course of which the parties discussed the current state of bilateral trade, as well as the issues of cooperation in the field of aviation and helicopter construction, metallurgy, as well as the prospects for the ”cross-border carbon tax” introduction in the EU space.

A special attention was paid to the perspectives of localizing the production of Italian agricultural machinery in Russia using the special investment contract mechanism. The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia stressed that the main task of the Ministry in this area is the localization of promising technologies. # Nbsp;

The winners of the competition for SPIC are expected to be announced by the end of April 2021.

In addition, Denis Manturov and Pasquale Terracciano discussed the participation of the Italian delegation in the INNOPROM International Industrial Exhibition on July 6-9, 2021. It should be mentioned that this year Italy is the Partner Country of the Russian exhibition.