The Second Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok, Russia on 3-5 September 2016 saw some important opportunities for Asian cross-regional cooperation, but only lacklustre participation from India.
According to Far East development minister Alexander Galushka, more than 3,000 people from 60 countries took part in the forum, resulting in over 200 agreements worth at least $26 billion. The First Eastern Economic Forum last year had brought in over 100 agreements, totalling approximately $15 billion.
This increasingly important event has been marketed and understood as Russia’s attempt to attract investment into its economically backward and under-populated Far East region, which has already shown …read more
Eastern Economic Forum: India misses out
