In Vladivostok, continuing the festival «Days of Latin America.» Last night, in a crowded harbor promenade Sports held its colorful opening, which was accompanied by rousing rhythms of one of the headliners of the festival — the legendary band «Kaoma» with her hit «Lambada» and other tunes. And today, August 16 on the banks of the Amur Bay from noon to 22 pm and runs the entire Latin American village, where the sounds of Latin music, an exhibition of applied art, are dance lessons, master classes on cooking dishes of national cuisine. As the press service of the Administration of Vladivostok, a solid complement these activities has become a business conference «Development of economic relations between Latin America and the Far East of Russia», which runs today at the «Versailles». It involved diplomats and businessmen from Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay and other countries, as well as their colleagues and partners from the capital of Primorye. Leaders of Vladivostok at the conference is the deputy head of the city administration Elena Schegoleva. The main speaker at the conference, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic in the Russian Federation, Jorge Luis Perez Alvarado — Dean of the Diplomatic Corps of Latin America and the Caribbean in Russia. The conference participants discussed the most promising, from their point of view, the areas of cooperation with Vladivostok — tourism, air and sea links, agriculture, industry, fishing and fish processing. In the course of meetings and negotiations is reached preliminary agreement on the conclusion of mutually beneficial contracts. Conference participants noted that it is one of the most important evidence of the new status of Vladivostok as a center for international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. Literally in the last four years in Vladivostok has been immense change, which was not for all the previous history of the city. Many of them took place in front of our guests today from Latin America, and they were able to assess the scope and prospects of development projects for the capital of Primorye. Logical and natural that the festival of Latin America was, and now we have a major economic component. Vladivostok and Latin America are on different sides of the Pacific Ocean. But met in the capital of Primorye politicians and businessmen saw the enormous reserves of cooperation can further bring together Vladivostok with their countries. Today\’s Business Conference will help to make this cooperation more closely, open and productive.