“Today, the total amount of signed agreements is more than 800 billion rubles,” Kobyakova quoted Interfax as saying.
According to him, the event was attended by more than a hundred foreign states and territories, not only African ones. So, the USA, Great Britain, France, Australia and Canada sent their representatives.
In total, more than six thousand people came to the forum, he noted.
The forum is taking place in Sochi. On October 24, Russian leader Vladimir Putin attended a plenary meeting.