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Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium and Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs Ms. Annemie Neyts-Uytterbroeck begin on Sunday their visit
to Moscow and St. Petersburg at the head of the Belgian economic
mission. The visit is scheduled to last until June 21.
As RIA Novosti was told by the Belgian Embassy in Moscow, on
Monday Prince Philippe and Ms. Annemie Neyts-Uytterbroeck will
open a bilateral seminar entitled
"Russia-Belgium: business cooperation today and tomorrow".
The Russian side will be represented by the Minister for Economic
Development and Trade German Gref.
During the visit the mission heads will meet Russian Prime Minister
Mikhail Kasyanov, Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Ivanov, Speaker
of the State Duma (the lower house of the parliament) of the Russian
Federation Gennady Seleznyov, as well as prominent politicians
Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Nemtsov and Grigory Yavlinsky.
The meetings of Russian and Belgian businessmen aimed at deepening
economic cooperation between the two states will take place in
Moscow and St. Petersburg, added the Embassy officials.
On Monday the ceremony of awarding the Order of the Crown to
Russian pilot Viktor Perov for rescuing the crew of the Belgian
polar fliers will be held at the residency of the Belgian Ambassador
in Moscow.
On June 20-21 the mission will visit St. Petersburg where meetings
with the city's Mayor Vladimir Yakovlev and Leningrad Oblast's
governor Valery Serdyukov are to be held.
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