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NEAR Secretary-General Attends the General Assembly of the Northern Forum and Opening Ceremony of the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum 20182018-04-17

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On April 12 (Thur.), NEAR Secretary-General Hong Jong-kyoung participated in the General Assembly of the Northern Forum, held at the Siberian Federal University, as an observer. The opening ceremony started with welcoming remarks by the Chairman of the Northern Forum, the Governor of Krasnoyarsk Territory, Uss Aleksandr Viktorovich, a congratulatory speech by the special representative, Artur Chilingarov the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic, and reports by representatives of the forum members. A presentation was made by Pogodaev Mikhail Alexandrovich, the Executive Director of the Northern Forum, and the election of the next Chairman of the Northern Forum followed, in which  Nenets Autonomous District was elected.


The "Northern Forum" is a regional intergovernmental advisory body for the Northern territories that aims to protect the environment and develop cooperation in the Arctic region. Its main members are nine metropolitan regional governments in Russia and six regional governments from other countries including Alaska, USA, which are adjacent to the Arctic Circle and Seven members, including one Korean member, Gangwon-do Province, and six Russian members, which also members of NEAR.




After the General Assembly of the Northern Forum, the NEAR delegation attended the Official Reception of the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum. The KEF is one of the largest economic forums in Russia. This year, the event was held to seek the means to realize a large-scale interregional investment project "Yenisei Siberia", on the development of the Siberian region by the Federal Government of Russia.