The Young Entrepreneurs International Business Forum was held on September 16-20 in the city of Omsk.  The event was held within the framework of the Year of Youth in the Russian Federation presidential program under the slogan of “Joining Forces to Define the Future.”
The Forum was attended by 1,500 young entrepreneurs from 15 countries that included states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), China, Nepal, Latvia, Serbia and other states.
A plenary session entitled Non-Economic Aspects of Entrepreneurial Development included addresses from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the 64th U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Mikhail Borzin used his roundtable address to tell the Forum participants about METROPOL Group of company’s international activities and the operation of its foreign representative offices.  He also turned his attention to issues involving the Group’s cooperation with its business partners and other nations, which comes within the frameworks of the Eurasian Business Council as well as the Russian-Vietnamese and Russian-Turkmen Business Councils.