Trade turnover between Russia and South Korea grew by 60% in nine months of 2021 – Economy and business
SEOUL, December 23. / Corr. TASS Stanislav Varivoda /. Russia and the Republic of Korea achieved notable success in trade and economic cooperation in 2021. This was announced on Thursday in an interview with TASS by Russian Ambassador to Seoul Andrei Kulik.
In the first nine months of 2021, the volume of Russian-Korean trade increased by almost 60% to about $ 22 billion. the nearest future “, – the ambassador approves.
He points out that the Republic of Korea is one of the important and promising partners of Russia in the Asia-Pacific region, and the development of bilateral relations can be characterized as dynamic and progressive. “There is a regular political dialogue between Moscow and Seoul on topical issues of the bilateral task of the day, including the settlement of regional problems, including the settlement on the Korean Peninsula,” he noted.
Economic cooperation
The Ambassador points out that it is important for joint efforts to actively attract investment from Korea in the implementation of joint projects in Russia, including within the framework of the implementation of the plan agreed by Moscow and Seoul for the implementation of the concept of nine bridges of Russian-Korean cooperation. “We consider energy, transport, shipbuilding, agriculture, education and healthcare as priority areas.
In this regard, it is indicated on the index of the third Russian-Korean Forum of Interregional Cooperation held in November 2021. More than 300 representatives of the two countries took part in the event, including the development of the Far East and the Arctic by Alexei Chekunkov, governors of the Republic of Buryatia, the Amur Region and the Kamchatka Territory, representatives of the leadership of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Trans-Baikal Territory and Sakhalin Region. The participants substantively discussed ways to intensify mutually beneficial economic ties between the regions of Russia and South Korea in order to more fully disclose their economic potential.
Interaction in political and military spheres
According to Kulik, the parliaments and specialized departments of the two countries actively interact. Representative of the Government of the Republic of Korea. The Foreign Ministers of the two countries, Sergei Lavrov and Chung Ui-yong, at the talks in Seoul in March and in Moscow in the October treaties, represented active joint efforts in order to expand and deepen Russian-Korean multifaceted ties, carried out a “synchronization of watches” on a number of global and regional problems causing mutual interest indicated by the ambassador.
He noted that contacts along the military line have also intensified. This year, South Korea, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin, Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, General of the Army Oleg Salyukov, Deputy Head of the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation, Vice-Admiral Viktor Kalganov. “During the visits, important bilateral documents were signed – an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of defense and an intergovernmental agreement on mutual understanding on the establishment and operation of a direct communication channel for mutual operational information within the framework of the implementation of the intergovernmental agreement on the prevention of dangerous military activities,” Kulik admission.
He added that along with this, consultations were held on international negotiations in international organizations.