Head of the Republic of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov will lead a delegation at the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi, where he plans to sign cooperation agreements with several regions of the Russian Federation, his press service said.

Agreements on cooperation with the governments of several Russian regions will be signed at the Forum. Karelia intends to develop trade, economic, scientific, technical, and cultural contacts with Kabardino-Balkaria, the Ulyanovsk and Sverdlovsk Regions, the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, and the Stavropol Territory. In addition, a cooperation agreement is to be signed with the Roscongress Foundation.