A meeting of Deputy Foreign Ministers of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev and Igor Shornikov with Vice-president of the Skolkovo Foundation Yury Saprykin and Skolkovo Technopark General Director Renat Batyrov was held in the Foreign Ministry. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Director of the Dniester-Prut Centre of the RISS Sergei Mokshantsev, Acting Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Moldova Vladislav Darvai and Adviser to the Foreign Minister of the PMR Vera Tabak.
In the welcoming remarks Vitaly Ignatiev expressed confidence that the cooperation between the technopark of the Pridnestrovian Shevchenko State University and the Skolkovo one will lead to concrete tangible results in the near future. “You can count on the Foreign Ministry’s full support and coordinating assistance within the framework of the development of joint projects. I am certain that the cooperation will develop as through interaction of technology parks and through other promising areas in the manufacturing and agrotechnical sector,” - said the deputy minister.
In his turn, Renat Batyrov said that during the meeting held at the University technology priorities were defined within which the cooperation would be implemented, as well as the next steps in the interaction. During the presentation the Russian delegation told in detail about the opportunities of the participants of the project “Skolkovo”. “We want to give our expertise and capacities, experience and financial support to scientists, logical entrepreneurs, as well as the University for bringing the Pridnestrovian projects to international markets,” - said the Skolkovo Technopark General Director.
During the meeting, Yury Saprykin stressed that to maintain communication within the friendly republics linked by a common history, culture and traditions is particularly important for the Skolkovo Foundation. “We want the scientists who used to live in a big country to have the opportunity today to gain access to the resources which there are at the Foundation in a constructive way without dictating any political line,” - concluded the head of the Russian delegation.
During the visit to Pridnestrovie the delegation of the Skolkovo Foundation also scheduled to meet with the leadership of the Ministry of Economic Development of the PMR today.
