In Sukhum, May 4, was held bilateral meeting of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of Chuvashia with the participation of entrepreneurs.

Opening the meeting, President of the CCI of RA Gennady Gaguliya stressed that Abkhazia attaches great importance to the further development of mutually beneficial trade, economic, scientific and technical relations and is committed to the development of direct trade and economic ties between economic entities of the two republics. "If we speak today about the relationship between Abkhazia and Chuvashia, unfortunately, we have one-way communication. The volume of imports of Chuvashia in Abkhazia is about 95 thousand dollars and the volume of exports from Abkhazia - zero! Therefore, we must make the effort to become mutual contacts "- said Gaguliya.

In turn, the president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Chuvashia Igor Kustarin noted that the delegation's visit is of familiarization character. "We have come to establish friendly relations and see how we can be helpful to each other, which contacts should be developed", - said Kustarin. At the same time, he noted that in Chuvashia, the focus is on the development of industry, agriculture and processing industries. "We have no minerals, the main resource - its people. Therefore, the focus we do on our own strength, and in this we see the key to further successful development ", - said Kustarin.

The guests presented the film about their country and made a presentation of the main achievements of the industries and enterprises of Chuvashia. Agreement on cooperation between the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the two republics signed by the President of the CCI RA Gennady Gaguliya and President of Chamber of Commerce of Republic of Chuvashia Igor Kustarin.

After the meeting, the delegation received by Prime Minister Artur Mikvabiya. He said: "We are glad of long term cooperation with you. We are actively increasing our work with many Russian regions such as Crimea, Tatarstan, Bryansk and Sverdlovsk regions. Chuvashia for us is at least interesting region. "

Mikvabiya confirmed the readiness for cooperation and invited the leadership of the Republic of Abkhazia. The president of the CCI of RC Igor Kustarin promised to convey the invitation to the leadership of the Prime Minister of Chuvashia.