VLADIVOSTOK, September 5. /TASS/. Alfa-Bank plans to open a representative office in India, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board Pavel Vysotsky said at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

"It is necessary to expand the Russian chain of banks and representative offices and expand the existing presence in India. In this respect we are not an exception and we hope, we have such a plan, to open a representative office in India," he said.

The Eastern Economic Forum is underway on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok. The main theme of the EEF this year is ‘Far East 2030. Combining strengths to create new potential’. Business activities are broken down into seven thematic blocks: ‘New contours of international cooperation’, ‘Technologies to ensure independence’, ‘Financial value system’, ‘the Russian Far East’, ‘People, education and patriotism’, ‘Transport and logistics: new routes’, and ‘Master plans: from architecture to economy’. The Roscongress Foundation is the Forum’s organizer. TASS is the general information partner of the EEF.