The US delegation will be the largest foreign delegation at SPIEF 2021

The largest foreign delegation at the forthcoming St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will be the US delegation . This was reported to RBC by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov. Watch Andrey Belousov's interview on the TV channel and read on the RBC website on Monday.

According to him, the American delegations are traditionally the most numerous. “It seems to me that the tougher the rhetoric and the steeper the sanctions , the more people come. We have some kind of pattern, apparently, it is interesting to see how they cope here, ”said Belousov.

According to him, against the backdrop of harsh rhetoric and complex political relations between Moscow and Washington, companies from RUSSIA and the United States are developing trusting contacts.

“Business is really worried that the political factor will not break relations. Because politics changes with politicians, but business relationships take years to build. Especially in conditions when there is high uncertainty, new countries appear on the world stage, markets change,” the Deputy Prime Minister noted.

Belousov added that the partner country of the forum this year is Qatar, from which a large delegation of more than 200 people is also expected. Traditionally, more than a hundred participants will be from CHINA and Germany. “A lot of people will come from Great Britain, France, Italy. Many companies are coming. The business part is more than 1,200 companies,” says the First Deputy Prime Minister.