OREANDA-NEWS Among the new markets, Russian companies need to develop cooperation primarily with African countries, said Sergey Chemezov, head of Rostec State Corporation.

"Markets, of course, need to be developed. First of all, Africa… We will need to work on developing cooperation with African countries, first of all.… There are quite a lot of opportunities there: there are a lot of minerals, and some kind of joint production could be created," Chemezov told reporters on the sidelines of the annual congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

The annual congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs traditionally ends the Russian Business Week. RIA Novosti acts as the general information partner of NRB.