city of Panama (the capital of Panama), the project of the first in Latin America Center for Precious Stones and Jewelry starts. The official opening ceremony will be attended by the President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli (Ricardo Martinelli). The center will be the first specialized trading platform for diamonds, jewelery and colored precious stones in the region, which includes Central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
The new center will be run by the Panama Diamond Exchange, the first diamond exchange in Latin America recognized by the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB).
Industry leaders will gather in the city of Panama on March 17-18 to open the center. Among them, WFDB President Ernest Blom, Honorary President of WFDB and World Diamond Council (WDC) Eli Izhakoff, CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri, WDC President Avi Paz, President Israeli Diamond Exchange Shmuel Schnitzer, President of the Club of Diamond Dealers Reuven Kaufman (Reuven Kaufman) and other leaders.
"This is a great event for the global diamond, jewelry and color jewelery industry. In its importance, it is comparable to the opening of shopping centers in Shanghai and Dubai