BCCI holds meeting

Manama, Nov. 17 (BNA): Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) held here today a meeting with the Capital Governorate's delegation to review the preparations for the visit of a delegation from St. Petersburg governorate and the accompanying trade delegation, scheduled on December. They reviewed a number of recommendations and proposals aimed at boosting the volume of bilateral trade, which reached US$1.9 million in July 2015 according to the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO). They discussed BCCI's proposed agenda, which includes a Bahraini-Russian economic forum to provide the opportunity for Bahraini businessmen and their Russian counterparts to explore the available investment projects in all fields.