Vladimir Putin has
instructed the cabinet to draft a law on a special system of preferences for
investors in the Arctic.
ST. PETERSBURG, April
9. /TASS/. Plans are in place to shortly approve a new strategy for development
of Arctic Russia by 2035, President Vladimir Putin said at the Arctic Forum on
Tuesday.
"We intend to
prepare and approve the new strategy for development of Arctic Russia by 2035
already this year. It should consolidate activities of our National Projects
and state programs, investment plans of infrastructural companies and
development programs of Arctic regions and cities," the head of state
said.
Putin extended
appreciation to foreign guests of the Forum "for readiness to partnership
and understanding of common responsibility for the future of the Arctic Region,
for its stable and sustainable development."
"Russia will
take the presidency in the Arctic Council in 2021 and we offer cooperation in
the Arctic Region to all countries - participants in this organization, and to
other states," the Russian President said.
"I am confident
that significance of the Arctic factor in the national economy will only grow
further on," Putin added.
Preferences for
investors
Vladimir Putin has
instructed the cabinet to draft a law on a special system of preferences for
investors in the Arctic region as soon as possible so that the State Duma,
lower house of parliament, could adopt it in the autumn session.
"Considering the
peculiarities of the Arctic region, preferences for investors should be and
will be even more advanced, more stable," he said at the plenary session
of the Arctic Forum.
Putin instructed the
government, experts and business representatives to draft a special federal law
on a special system of preferences for investors in the Arctic zone.
"I am asking you
to carry out this work promptly so that the law will be passed by the State
Duma in the autumn session," he said.
Source: ITAR-TASS
09-04-2019
