The highest officials of the four leading international representative bodies of the jewelry and diamond industry reached an agreement in Antwerp on the establishment of the Presidents Forum, which will become a joint advisory body consisting of heads of profile organizations. Forum participants will be coordinated efforts to discuss and formulate sectoral policies and strategies on important issues of interest to all industry participants.
The meeting was chaired by the president of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses, president of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses, Gaetano Cavalieri, president of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (CIBJO), president of the CIBJO, WFDB and WDC Eli Izhakoff, with the participation of the president of the World Jewelery Confederation (CIBJO) WFDB) by Ernest Bloom, President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), Maxim Shkadov and President of the World Diamond Council (WDC) Edward Asscher (Edward Asscher).
Following the meeting, the Forum of Presidents issued the following statement: "As elected presidents of international organizations, each of which has key national organizations and leading commercial structures in its fields among its members, we together represent the rank and file members of the global diamond industry, the jewelery and jewelry industry. The goal of the Presidents' Forum is to express the interests of all participants and stakeholders in the industry by discussing and agreeing on positions.