Moscow – “Today in Catania, Sicily proves that innovation can and must be the engine for the economic relationship with Moscow. We must start from here to overcome the obstacle of the sanctions and to continue on the path of cooperation”. The president of the association “Conoscere Eurasia” and Banca Intesa Russia, Antonio Fallico said today, during the opening of the eighth Italian-Russian Business Forum, held in Catania. Fallico continued “In 2015 the export of Sicily in Russia reached more than 25 million euro, recording a + 43% compared to the previous year. On the contrary the national average sees the Italian sales to Russian Federation fall by 25.2%. Despite a sanctions regime that has burned 32% of food exports and zeroed the sales of the regional agricultural products in Russia; Sicily has been able to transform its excellence in a way out and its innovation in an access key, leveraging on the outstanding performance of high-tech sectors “. (9Colonne)
