Published on: 2026-10-02
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
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Moscow Export Center The MEC organized a reverse business mission in the capital with partners from Qatar. It was attended by 25 capital companies from the high-tech sector. Their representatives met with Qatari businessmen, presented their developments, and discussed prospects for entering the market of Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries.
“The reverse business mission with partners from Qatar took place within the framework of the systematic work of the Moscow Export Center to promote capital’s high-tech goods and services to foreign markets. The Qatari direction is developing consistently: previously, the MEC conducted two business missions in this country — a multi-industry online mission in September 2021 involving 20 companies and a business mission in the field of high technologies and IT in May 2025, which united 16 capital enterprises. The agreements reached and the cooperation agreements signed will lay the foundation for a long-term and mutually beneficial partnership,” said Vitaly Stepanov, General Director of the Moscow Export Center.
During the business mission, capital city companies presented a wide range of high-tech solutions. These include software for corporate communication and digital services, IT resource monitoring systems and data centers with artificial intelligence support, platforms for digital contact centers, analytical instrumentation, and control and measuring instruments for industry.
Solutions in the field of were also demonstrated computer vision and AI, developments in the field of unmanned and robotic systems, equipment for mobile communication networks, POS terminals, automation systems for industrial facilities, 3D printing and MIM casting technologies, VR/AR applications for training, as well as geographic information systems and digital products for the wellness sector.
275 business meetings took place between entrepreneurs of the capital and Qatar, and the delegation of Qatari partners and participants of the reverse mission attended the Moscow startup summit.
Within the framework of the summit, the Moscow Export Center signed cooperation agreements with the technology solutions distributor Advance Tech Qatar and the company Ismail Ali Iskander Trading & Contracting Enterprise, which works on comprehensive engineering and urban planning projects in the Middle East and North Africa. The Moscow Export Center will also collaborate with Fusionbyte Technologies, an organization specializing in network infrastructure and security systems.
The goal of the agreements is to facilitate the entry of Moscow companies, including technological and innovative ones, into new foreign markets, as well as to promote the city’s investment and export potential.
Moscow Export Center created by the Moscow Government in 2017 to provide business people in the city with financial and non-financial support measures to promote the capital’s goods and services in foreign markets. MEC is an organization overseen by Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of the City of Moscow.
Among the key tasks of the Moscow Export Center is to increase the number of exporters from the capital and the growth of their export revenue. Today, the MEC comprehensively supports Moscow businesses at all stages — from preparation and training in foreign economic activity (FEA) to promoting enterprises abroad, supporting sales, and financial incentive measures for FEA after export contracts are signed. Currently, MEC’s toolkit includes more than 30 support measures.
Within the framework of implementing the national project “International Cooperation and Export” One of Russia’s national development goals is planned to be achieved: by 2030, the volume of exports of non-raw-material, non-energy goods should increase by at least two-thirds compared to 2023. Moscow is consistently working towards achieving these targets, including by implementing programs to support export-oriented entrepreneurs in the capital. More about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
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