OREANDA-NEWS. Meeting of the Board of Directors of the World Trade Centers Association was held on April 20, 2013 as part of the 44th General Assembly of the World Trade Centers Association started on April 22, 2013 in Mumbai.

Director General of World Trade Center Moscow Vladimir Salamatov (MICEX: WTCM, WTC) attended the Board meeting.

Attendees discussed principal matters of WTCA activities and international trade development.

WTCA was founded in 1970 as a non-profit non-political organization bringing together 330 WTC’s from 100 countries, and about 750,000 international companies. The mission of WTCA is to contribute to the development of international trade, attract investments to the key sectors of the economy, and to provide a wide range of services to the business community. WTC Moscow has become a member of WTCA since 1974.

The 44th General Assembly of the World Trade Centers Association is held in Mumbai (India). In 2012 Moscow hosted the 43rd General Assembly of the World Trade Centers Association, for the first time in the entire history of WTC Russia.

General Assembly of the WTCA is the Association’s main annual event attended by the representatives of the leading WTC from all over the world. As a global economic forum, the General Assembly contributes to the development of international trade, establishment of business cooperation between representatives of different regions, and attraction of investments.

As part of the General Assembly participants will discuss the most pressing issues of business development, establish new partnerships and access new markets.

As part of the General Assembly WTCA Board of Directors traditionally discusses issues of further development of the Association as a whole and the World Trade Centers in particular and also provides strategic decisions to strengthen cooperation among members of the Association from different countries.