MAKHACHKALA, June 22 – RIA "Dagestan". The Ministry of Economy and Territorial Development of Dagestan hosted a working session with delegates from the RAS Institute of Geography. The talks centered on the main questions of the republic's socio-economic and geostrategic advancement. Acting Minister of Economy of Dagestan Adilkhan Akhmedov led the meeting.
The visit of the scientists from Moscow occurred under the Russian Science Foundation's extensive research program "Geostrategic Territories of Russia: External and Internal Challenges". In the course of the meeting, the parties assessed the effectiveness of federal and regional support measures, explored the specifics of special tax and business regimes and charted ways to adapt strategic planning to modern economic realities.
The experts paid particular attention to the geographical specificity of Dagestan. Issues of balanced development of mountainous, lowland and coastal territories, strengthening of inter-municipal ties, as well as current trends in the republic's foreign economic activity and migration processes were examined in detail.