Leitl: Increasing Foreign Trade with Russia

People ♦ Published: April 23, 2012; 16:46 ♦ (Vindobona)

The President of WKO (Austrian Chamber of Commerce) wants to raise bilateral trade volume up to € 10bn by 2015.

Leitl: Increasing Foreign Trade with Russia / Picture: © Vindobona.org

“The integration of the Austrian and the Russian economy is close and is based on a friendly relationship and a climate of mutual respect.” Christoph Leitl emphasized on the occasion of a meeting with the Russian Vice-Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.

Last year, the bilateral foreign trade volume between Russia and Austria reached € 6.4bn. “It is our aim to raise this figure…