First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic attended today the formal opening of the Summit of the Francophonie, taking place in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.

The Head of Ukrainian Government thanked the Prime Minister of Hungary for the decision on granting of national visas for Ukrainian citizens for free.

In the presence of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, a series of bilateral documents on cooperation between Ukraine and the EU have been signed.

The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Janvier Litse as the Director General for the West Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office, with effect from 1 December 2016.

BoD of PJSC RusHydro approved equity offering and sale of treasury shares to raise RUB 55 bn to refinance debt of RAO ES of the East Group.

The results of operational and financial performance for the 9 months of 2016 were presented to the Board. 

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent a letter of birthday greetings to Honored Figure of Arts of Russia Alexander Maslyakov.

A meeting of major Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Public Sector Banks (PSBs) was held here today to discuss promotion of sports in the country.

Asaka plant GM Uzbekistan began the serial production of sedans Ravon R4, intended to be sold on the markets of the CIS. The first lot of cars was shipped to the Russian market. 

The first lot of compact crossovers Changan CS35, assembled at Changan plant in the Lipetsk region, went on sale in all the dealerships in Russia.