The message reads, in part:
"It is important that these events, as part of our dialogue with the Arab world, have become a positive tradition. This confirms our mutual interest in intensifying trade and economic, research and investment cooperation, as well as in implementing large-scale projects in energy production and various industries including high tech, infrastructure and agriculture.
Constructive and substantive dialogue between the leaders of economic agencies and the business communities of our countries is meant to cultivate the foundation of friendship and mutual respect, which has developed in decades of Russian-Arab cooperation. Russian experts have participated in the construction of many industrial, energy, transport and irrigation facilities in the Middle East. Thousands of Russian university alumni are part of the political, business, scientific and cultural elite of the Arab world.
Our priority goal is to promote Russian-Arab relations to a qualitatively new level and to encourage our economic cooperation."