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Russia-Israel commission resumes work after three-year interval.
MOSCOW, December 3 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian-Israeli mixed commission
on trade and economic cooperation resumes its work after a three-year
interval, reported a source at the Russian government.
It will hold its seventh meeting in Moscow on Thursday which will be
co-chaired by Russian first vice-premier Viktor Zubkov and Israeli
vice-premier and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman. The commission had the
previous meeting in 2006.
The Russian government noted that the commission resumes its work
against the backdrop of the successful development of the Russian-Israeli
political dialogue. The sides continue the practice of annual
Russian-Israeli summits and established contacts between the security
councils, the foreign ministries and related ministries.
The cancellation of the visa barriers helped to form a favourable
interstate atmosphere. The intergovernmental agreement on dumping visa
formalities during mutual trips of Russian and Israeli citizens entered
into force in September 2008.
Besides, trade and economic relations between the two countries were
given a jab in the arm. In 2008, the volume of trade hit its maximum over
all years of bilateral cooperation - 2.8 billion US dollars.
The source noted that the sides "laid down a rock-firm foundation, but
it needs a superstructure, above all thanks to projects in the trade and
economic sphere. This should be promoted by the Russian-Israeli
intergovernmental commission".
According to the source, the sides plan to give special attention to
qualitative improvement of economic relations. The scheme "raw materials
and fuel in exchange for machinery and equipment" has exhausted its
potential and cannot serve as a reliable basis for developing relations.
The global economic crisis showed vulnerability of this model: trade
halved in January-July 2009, he continued.
The source called production cooperation, partnership in innovation
activities, information technologies and communications, development of
small and medium businesses as well as joint entrepreneurial activities,
including in science-intensive spheres, as promising areas for bilateral
cooperation.
The government source is sure that an agreement on encouragement and
mutual protection of investments will be a good impetus to the development
of investment cooperation.
Deliveries to Israel of Russian natural gas can be another topic at
the coming talks, he added.
It is planned that results of the commission's work will be recorded
in a protocol. Its meeting is a logical continuation of Zubkov's working
visit to Israel on September 30-October 1, 2009.
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on trade and economic cooperation resumes its work after a three-year
interval, reported a source at the Russian government.
It will hold its seventh meeting in Moscow on Thursday which will be
co-chaired by Russian first vice-premier Viktor Zubkov and Israeli
vice-premier and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman. The commission had the
previous meeting in 2006.
The Russian government noted that the commission resumes its work
against the backdrop of the successful development of the Russian-Israeli
political dialogue. The sides continue the practice of annual
Russian-Israeli summits and established contacts between the security
councils, the foreign ministries and related ministries.
The cancellation of the visa barriers helped to form a favourable
interstate atmosphere. The intergovernmental agreement on dumping visa
formalities during mutual trips of Russian and Israeli citizens entered
into force in September 2008.
Besides, trade and economic relations between the two countries were
given a jab in the arm. In 2008, the volume of trade hit its maximum over
all years of bilateral cooperation - 2.8 billion US dollars.
The source noted that the sides "laid down a rock-firm foundation, but
it needs a superstructure, above all thanks to projects in the trade and
economic sphere. This should be promoted by the Russian-Israeli
intergovernmental commission".
According to the source, the sides plan to give special attention to
qualitative improvement of economic relations. The scheme "raw materials
and fuel in exchange for machinery and equipment" has exhausted its
potential and cannot serve as a reliable basis for developing relations.
The global economic crisis showed vulnerability of this model: trade
halved in January-July 2009, he continued.
The source called production cooperation, partnership in innovation
activities, information technologies and communications, development of
small and medium businesses as well as joint entrepreneurial activities,
including in science-intensive spheres, as promising areas for bilateral
cooperation.
The government source is sure that an agreement on encouragement and
mutual protection of investments will be a good impetus to the development
of investment cooperation.
Deliveries to Israel of Russian natural gas can be another topic at
the coming talks, he added.
It is planned that results of the commission's work will be recorded
in a protocol. Its meeting is a logical continuation of Zubkov's working
visit to Israel on September 30-October 1, 2009.
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