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Calls of Russian -European relations Global problems - from climatic, water and food crises to poverty, conflicts and inequality - need decisions that the private sector can provide. Business stimulates economic growth, creates jobs and brings innovations, ”Johan Vanderplatey answered in his speech. However, it is clear to everyone that not a single company or even a country alone can provide the necessary changes.

It is necessary to exchange information and technologies, the development of general policy and cooperation within the framework of the cost of creating cost. Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, spoke about the green projects, developed together with the taxonomy of the “green projects”, ESG financing, and the adoption of the law restriction of greenhouse gas emissions, etc.

At the same time, the minister emphasized that the goals of sustainable development should be considered in the complex. In addition, “not all countries will be able to immediately satisfy high environmental standards. An international discussion is needed on this topic at a high level,” the minister added. Arun Bansal, executive vice president, head of the region Europe and Latin America, Ericsson, in his speech, made up the issue of distribution of 5G technology, which, according to the speaker, can become the driver of the economic development of the future.

Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and Vladimir Chizhov, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ambassador; The permanent representative of the Russian Federation in the European Union devoted their speeches to the problems of current relations between Russia and the EU, calling for their maximum depolitization and building them on the basis of the principles of mutual respect.

However, there are a number of areas in which Russia and the EU can and should work together. Cooperation on "green" transformation is an opportunity to stabilize our relations, - said the EU ambassador. He noted that Russia has a colossal margin of renewable energy sources and called for their joint development. Industry representatives associate high hopes with the advent of new technologies: decarbonization, the appearance of hydrogen technologies in metallurgy, etc.

Along with this, unfortunately, speaking of Russian-European relations, we often find ourselves in a trap of a repetition of long-sounding paradigms, on both sides.

I would like the politicians from both sides to try to find common points in which we have no contradictions, for example, environmental protection, ”Mr. Mordashov called. Francois Zhakov, an executive vice president, a member of the executive committee, Air Liquide, talked about what technology the company would like to bring to the Russian energy market. As noted by Mr. Pegorye, the Russian and French business are ready to implement joint projects, the purpose of which is to improve the quality of life of people in conditions of sustainable development of the economy.