Summary Report on DG’s visit to the Russian Federation 23-24 October 2013
November 01, 2013
The DG, LI Yong visited the Russian Federation from 23-24 October 2013. The DG was accompanied by H.E. Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to UNIDO, Vienna and UNIDO staff members including, Mr. Zhao Jie, Special Assistant to the Director General, Ms. Olga Memedovic, Chief, Europe and NIS Programme, Ms. Marina Ploutakhina, Chief, Energy Efficiency, Energy and Climate Change and Mr. S. Korotkov, Director of UNIDO CIIC Moscow.
During this three-day visit to the Russian Federation, DG held meetings with high ranking government representatives, including:
- Mr. Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister
- Mr. Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Mr. Dmitry Livanov, Minister of Education and Science
- Mr Rinat Gizatulin, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology