The three-day St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) kicked off on 6 June, bringing together high-profile politicians as well as representatives of major international companies and organisations.

Over the past two decades, SPIEF, which has been held since 1997, has become one of the leading global platforms to discuss global economic issues.

In 2019, delegations from nearly all the EU countries, including Germany, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Hungary and others, as well as senior officials from Cambodia, Vietnam, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, the Central African Republic and Ivory Coast, are taking part in various business sessions of the forum.