"We strongly support the development of relations...". Prospects for business cooperation between Russia and Japan was discussed at the St. Petersburg forum

On June 18 in the Northern capital of Russia opened the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, which runs parallel on a few thematic areas.

 As part of the order of the republic’s leadership to activate work, in particular with Asian countries, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Taliya Minullina is taking part in roundtable "Russia-Japan business cooperation perspectives" business roundtable.

Tatarstan presented in St. Petersburg Forum by a delegation headed by Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

As the organizers of the event note, in recent years Asian countries are Russia's key partners in building sustainable foreign economic relations, Japan is also one of the main players and traditionally attracts the interest of Russian companies. At the same time the issue of a new level of economic and investment relations remains actual.

According to Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Stanislav Voskresensky, the most perspective areas of cooperation between Russia and Japan are such areas as agriculture, logistics, transport, information technology.

The representatives of the Japanese side actively participated in the roundtable: Vice-President of the Japan Association for Trade with Russia and the Newly Independent States (ROTOBO) Masahiro Ibi, Executive Vice President of Fast Retailing Co Ltd Nornaki Koyama, Chairman of Japanese Business Club Hiroshi Meguro.

As the representatives of the Japanese business community note, "there is a shift of Russia's interest in our direction, and we strongly support the development of relations". Particularly actual is the issue of training for industrial production, the creation of a visa-free regime and the easing of restrictions of access to the labor market. Solving these issues will help to move the economic relations to a qualitatively new level, said a member of the delegation of Japan.

Currently, a number of large joint projects are being implemented, said the Chairman of the Board of JSC "RusGidro" Evgeny Dod. In particular, the construction of gas-turbine facilities, plants in Primorye and 15 thermal power generation facilities, also the alternative sources of energy in isolated areas of Khabarovsk and Kamchatka are of particular interest.

"Russian-Japanese economic cooperation has a huge potential. The big role here play the regions of the Russian Federation. For Tatarstan, as one of the leading regions, productive interaction with a high-tech business is of great interest. Tatarstan Investment Development Agency as a specialized agency in the field of investment will strengthen its work with the Japanese business community", - said Taliya Minullina, attended the event.

Recall that a representative Japanese delegation visited Tatarstan in May 2015, a working visit was organized by TIDA.

TIDA Press Service, Iskander Ahmedov