CEO of ÖBB-Holding AG (Austrian Federal Railways) Andreas Matthä met members of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) on 16 November 2017 in Moscow.

Dmitry Cheltsov, Chairman of the AEB Customs and Transport Committee, General Delegate to the IRU Permanent Delegation to Eurasia moderated the event.

Andreas Matthä told about cooperation in the field of railroad infrastructure between Austria and the Russian Federation in the light of the One Belt-One Road initiative (OBOR). This initiative proposes to unite the "Economic belt of the Silk Road" and the "Silk Road of the XXI century". Within the framework of the project, construction of new Eurasian railways and significant modernization of existing transport infrastructure  will be carried out.

AEB CEO Frank Schauff noted that it has become an important tradition to invite heads of leading European companies to share their experience with the AEB members.

At the end of the event, representatives of AEB member companies asked their questions and discussed the further prospects of the announced initiative.

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R-L: Dmitry Cheltsov, Chairman of the AEB Customs and Transport Committee, General Delegate to the IRU Permanent Delegation to Eurasia; Andreas Matthä, CEO of ÖBB-Holding AG (Austrian Federal Railways); Ruslan Kokarev, AEB COO