VLADIVOSTOK, September 5. /TASS/. Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is ready to negotiate the issue of shipments along the Northern Sea Route with Japan, the corporation’s CEO, Alexey Likhachev, said.

"Everyone who demonstrates openness to us and willingness to maintain mutually beneficial cooperation should have such an opportunity. Naturally, I recall years of fruitful cooperation with the Japanese nuclear sector. In this sense, we do have a platform for developing comprehensive relations with Japanese businesses. We are ready to work in this area and move at a speed our Japanese partners are moving. Of course, we understand that there will be a lot of countries and international structures that would be interested in developing the Northern Sea Route,": he said on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) is underway on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok on September 3-6, 2024. The main theme of the EEF in 2024 is "Far East 2030. Combining strengths to create new potential."

The EEF is one of the largest international conferences in Russia. It has been held in the Primorsky Region’s Russky Island in Vladivostok since 2015. The Forum is the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who decreed that the event be held annually.

The forum's objectives and goals include promoting the accelerated growth of Russia’s Far East region; assessing its potential for exports; expanding international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region; showcasing the investment appeal of the region, its steadily progressing territories, and the Vladivostok free port.

The Roscongress Foundation has served as the Forum’s organizer since 2016.

TASS is the general information partner of the EEF.