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Visit of Japanese delegation at Samara

On July 5, 2010 the representatives of the Embassy of Japan in Russia but also the executives of some Japanese companies held a working meeting with the management of Kurumoch Airport. The meeting took place as part of the delegation’s official visit to the Samara region to launch their Business Partnership Centre to expand the Regional Resource Centre here in Samara.

The delegation consisted of the following members: Mr. Miyagawa Manabu, Minister for Economic Affairs of the Embassy of Japan in Russia, Mr. Sugai Yoshiki, Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Russia, Mr. Ikeda Masahiro, Director of ROTOBO Moscow Office, Mr. Takeda Koji, General Director of ThreeBond Co. Ltd., Moscow Representative Office, Mr. Takahashi Nobuyasu, General Director of IHI Corporation, Moscow Representative Office, Mr. Horikiri Toshio, President of Toyota Engineering Corporation (TEC), Mr. Oishi Sohei, Director of the Japanese Centre in Nizhny Novgorod, Mrs. Olga Sakantseva, Chief Adviser for the HR Policy and State Awards Department of the Government of the Samara region, Mr. Dmitry Ovodenko, Director of the Regional Resource Centre of the Samara region, Mr. Leonid Shvarts, Director General of Kurumoch International Airport, and others. 

During the meeting the parties have discussed the potentials for their future cooperation. The Japanese delegation has also been introduced to some innovative projects now being implemented at Kurumoch as the largest airport of the Volga region, including the Reconstruction and Modernisation Project of the Airport, the creation of a new Samara-based airline, the launch and development of the Maintenance and Repair Center for Foreign Aircraft at Samara, and the implementation of the Glissada-M laser landing system. 

According to the representatives of the Japanese delegation, they were highly impressed with the projects presented. Mr. Miyagawa Manabu as well as his colleagues expressed hope for future cooperation with the Airport and added, “Our main mission today is to launch our Business Partnership Centre here in Samara. We are interested in cooperation with the Samara region and believe that it will continue strengthening”. In his conclusion, Mr. Miyagawa thanked Mr. Shvarts, Director General of Kurumoch, for the information provided and invited him to make a more detailed presentation on the Airport’s projects at the Embassy of Japan in Moscow for relevant Japanese enterprises.