Navajo Nation to host ex-Soviet Union visitors | News

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - A team of business professionals from former Soviet republics are scheduled to visit the Navajo Nation.

The Farmington Daily Times reports that team, sponsored by the Special American Business Internship Training program, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, will start its tour Sunday at Monumental Valley.

Other stops include locations in Shiprock, Farmington, Upper Fruitland and the Window Rock, Ariz., capital of the Navajo Nation.

The journey ends Tuesday.

Team members are expected to learn about taxes and enterprises and visit the Navajo Chamber of Commerce before traveling to the Shiprock area.

Represented countries on the tour include Azerbaijan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Uzbekistan.

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