India and Russia focuses gold and diamond!
Suresh
Prabhu holds meetings with
Russian Ministers at
Vladivostok
Union
Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, had a
meeting with Dmitry Kobylkin, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of
Russian Federation. Both sides discussed issues of mutual cooperation in areas
of common concern like conservation of environment, saving the tiger, water
cooperation and environmental sustainability. Suresh Prabhu is in Vladivostok,
Russia, to attend the Far Eastern Economic Forum being held from 11th
to 13th September 2018.
During
the meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Yury Trutnev, the
Commerce Minister discussed issues of mutual cooperation in sectors like mining
and geological exploration in gold and diamond, water cooperation, forestry,
timber and agriculture.
Suresh
Prabhu met with the Governors, Vice Governors and representatives of regions of
the Far-East: Primorye, Yakutia, Sakhalin, Amur, Magadan, Kamchatka, and Khabarovsk.
Discussions were held on possibilities of mutual co-operation in sectors like
mining, agriculture and tourism. Possibilities of co-operation between India's
states and Russia's regions were also discussed.
The
Commerce Minister invited Regional Governors of the Far East to visit India
with business delegations in order to explore areas of co-operation. The
Commerce Minister also participated in a session on “Timber in the Far
East-Increasing Industry’s Economic Return”.
He
spoke about strengthening economic ties and forging new partnerships between
India and Russia at a reception organized by “Delovaya Russia” (Business
Russia). New initiatives from the Russian Federation and changing neighbourhood
dynamics have increased the need for India to evaluate the opportunities
available in the Far East of Russia.
India
was the first country to establish a resident consulate in Vladivostok in 1992.
However, India’s existing engagement with the region is limited to isolated
pockets. In order to bolster the trade ties it is imperative that connectivity
between India and Vladivostok have to be simplified, affordable and time
efficient. Ease of connectivity will not only provide access to the resource
rich, unexplored Far East but will also strengthen India’s geo-political
stature.
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