On July 6, 2021, within the framework of The International Industrial Trade Fair INNOPROM-2021, a Hungarian-Russian business forum was held, at which prospects for cooperation between Russian regions and Hungary were discussed.

At the opening ceremony of the forum Alexei Gruzdev, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of the Russian Federation, made a speech from the Russian side, and Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, spoke from the Hungarian side.

Kristóf Szabó, Director General of the Hungarian Export Development Agency HEPA, informed about the agency's capabilities to support bilateral cooperation projects,



and István Szekeres, the head of the Hungarian-Russian Committee at the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hungary, shared the successes of Hungarian enterprises in the region.

During the forum, representatives of the Hungarian market leading companies in the field of mechanical engineering, construction, oil refining and medicine made presentations.

At the end of the event, the participants were given the opportunity to negotiate with Hungarian enterprises.