"The possibility of organizing the work of such authorized representatives in the PRC, South Korea, Japan, India in direct cooperation with the Russian Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic (KRDV) is being discussed," RIA Novosti quotes the words of the head of the department Alexei Chekunkov.

The Minister visited South Korea on November 1-5 to participate in the third Russian-Korean forum of interregional cooperation

There he had meetings with South Korean officials and business representatives.

It was reported that Chekunkov and the chairman of the Committee for Northern Economic Cooperation under the President of the Republic of Korea Park Jong-soo discussed issues of cooperation between countries in the Arctic region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin noted the constructive and friendly development of relations between Russia and the Republic of Korea.