Cooperation between Russia and ASEAN was discussed on the sidelines of the WEF – EastRussia
Issues of cooperation between Russia and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were discussed at a session on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum. Representatives of the Rostec Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Federal State Budgetary Institution Russian Energy Agency, the Russian Association of Industrial RF and Entrepreneurs, as well as the Minister for Investments and Foreign Economic Relations of Myanmar are participating in the work.
Last year, at the Russia-ASEAN summit, 2022 was declared the year of scientific and technical cooperation, so interim results were held during the session.
According to Sergey Katyrin, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, by the end of 2021, the volume of trade between the ASEAN European countries increased by 27.5% and amounted to $20 billion. However, according to experts, this is not the limit and the terms can be set in multiples. For this purpose, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation opened a representative office in Jakarta.
Among the promising entertainment is engineering, financial and banking, joint environmental and climate programs based on ESG principles, energy efficiency based on the principles of sustainable development. A separate area is transport logistics.
One of the parents in ASEAN for Russia is Myanmar, which accounts for most of the trade. At the same time, Myanmar is ready to consume more energy from Russia and produce agricultural products with this. This was stated by the Minister of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations of Myanmar Kan Zo.