Regional governor reports benefits of APEC forum

The APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) investment forum has alreadyprovided more than $100m in investments to the Primorye region of Russia,regional governor Sergey Darkin announced at a press conference inVladivostok today. Summarizing the results of the forum, he noted thatseveral agreements and protocols of intention had been signed forcollaboration in the mining, energy, fishing and chemical sectors. Forexample, unexpectedly for regional authorities, one of the French firmsdecided to invest in the reorganization of energy facilities in the southof the region, the governor reported..