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I also want to strengthen our economic cooperation by promoting mutual investments, cooperating more closely in the gas and diamond business and of course meeting with Russian businessmen. Guy Verhofstadt: “As to Russia’s complete integration into the EU, I’d say ‘never say never’ Belgium poised to expand diamond cooperation with ALROSAfound at Ros Business Consulting news , 02.03.2007, Moscow ALROSA President Sergei Vybornov and Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt discussed the prospects of future cooperation on the global diamond market in Moscow today, the Russian company's press office reported. The sides expressed mutual desire to develop partnership not only within the framework of the agreement signed between ALROSA, the Diamond Chamber of Russia, the Association of Diamond Manufacturers of Russia, and the Diamond High Council of Belgium in October 2002. The Belgian PM noted that the existing cooperation between ALROSA and the Antwerp World Diamond Center held good prospects. Belgium would like to expand this cooperation, especially now that the country's government has passed a number of bills, which simplify operations within the diamond sector in the area of legislation and taxation, Verhofstadt said. The Belgian PM invited the ALROSA chief executive to take part in an international diamond conference, which will be held in Antwerp in October. Today's talks were also attended by Belgium's Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht. Russia, Belgium Leaders Share Compliments on Diamond TradeBy Jeff Miller Posted: 03/02/07 found at diamonds.net RAPAPORT... Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with Belgium's Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt on March 2, 2007 on issues related to trade between the two nations. Talks between the two leaders hit upon the diamond trade, although more time was devoted to energy (gas and oil.) President Putin was particularly pleased with the partnership already forged between ALROSA and firms in Antwerp. "One of the biggest in the world companies for the production of diamonds has good partners across the world, and its alliance with Belgian partners is quite natural," the president said. Before the prime minister's visit to Russia, he announced that Belgium sought "as much as possible" in the way of rough supplies from ALROSA. Verhofstadt met earlier in the day with ALROSA representatives and said, "We agreed that we must strengthen relations between ALROSA and the city of Antwerp." related : Antwerp World Diamond Centre Alrosa auction ALROSA SELLS US$4.8 MILLION WORTH OF ROUGH DIAMONDS AT FIRST HONG KONG AUCTION |
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Verhofstadt: It’s been a very long-standing and very fruitful
cooperation. We are the main market for Alrosa and we want to buy as many
diamonds as possible from Alrosa.
