Russian ministers visit Mazatlán to explore trade ties and irrigation technology, Digi Mart USA News (Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico): Russian government representatives in Mexico arrived in Mazatlán to meet with representatives of the port’s productive sectors and explore business links and opportunities for cooperation in several areas of Russian development.
During a press conference held at the Gran Acuario Mazatlán, Jesús Octavio Loaiza Torres, adviser to the Río Presidio Farmers Association, Julio César Nakamura Matus, executive director of Business in Mexico for the Grupo Empresarial Internacional México-Rusia, and Gustavo Uranda Mendivil, representative and adviser to the same group, led the event. The visiting officials were Ekaterina Filítsina, representative of the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Agriculture in Mexico, and Dmitrii Koslov, representative of the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Economy in Mexico.
The stated goal of the visit is to develop bilateral commercial ties tailored to each country’s needs, mainly in agri-food and irrigation technology. Filítsina said Russian technology is already in use in Mexico, mainly in the northern states, and that southern Sinaloa could also adopt such tools to increase irrigation productivity.
She described proposals and information on irrigation systems, intelligent irrigation systems and water storage systems, noting Russia’s focus on water conservation. She also highlighted soil microbiology as an alternative to chemical fertilizers, citing strong scientific work by Russian laboratories and institutes.
Other topics raised at the conference included the export of mezcal following its obtaining of Denomination of Origin status, a strategy to link direct merchant shipping routes between Russian and Mexican ports, and the creation of air connections between Mexico and Russia.
The visit includes a series of meetings with business representatives from different sectors, aimed at identifying what Russia and Mazatlán can offer each other as a basis for negotiations. Officials said trade between Mexico and Russia exceeds US$1 billion in exports, with products moved through other European trade agreements and by sea.
