Joint Statement
XIV Joint Meeting ofthe Russian‐ Japanese andJapanese― Russian Coni】 mittees on Econonlic Cooperation
28 November 2017,Moscow

On 28 November 2017,the Russian U五 on of lndust五 alists and Entrepreneurs(‖ RSPPWhcreinalter)and Japan Business Federation(WKeidalirenW hereinatter)conVened in Moscow tohold thc 14th Joint Mceting of the Russian― Japanesc and Japanese‐ Russian Com肛 述ttees on

Economic CooperatiOn("JOint Meeting‖ hereinafter).
Both parties noted that Russian‐ Japanese econonlic relations have been signincandy
intenstied espccially du五 ng the past two years,、 vhich has been facilitated by=nore frequentmeetings and interaction than evcr before in both pubhc and pttvate sectors at the highest
levcl,despite the current geopohtical circumstances surounding the、 vorid including the t、 vo
counties.
Arnong other things,bOth parties welcOmed the fact that Weight― point cooperation plan",、 vhich、
vas iaunched under the un、 vavering lcadership of P五 rne Minister Shinzo Abe at thc Russia―
Japan Summit Meeting in SochHn May 2016,has steadily brought about initial results.
Against this background,、 vith he aiin of ttrther developing bilateral trade and investrnent,bott parties recognised the importance ofidenti,ing he structural problems,hereby enabling
Russia and Japan to coopcrate more effectively to dcepen and broaden Japan‐ Russia businessties on a、 vin― 、vin basis.

FroHl thc pcrspcctive of unleashing business oPPortuiities, botil pュ rtics claborated on l)

analysis of he curent situation,2)chttlenges hcing hc Japancse companies wh91 dttng
business in Russia,and 3)promiSing areas of ttrther cooperatiOn as well as tangible coursc ofaction to elitlinate existing barners to their implementation.

Renecting he recent momentum to revitahse business relations in mOre diverse andunconventional spheres,he suttectS Of discussion in he Joint Meeting ranged from digital

econorny to to面 sna in three sessiOns, namely,〈くRussian― Japancsc cooperation andmodoHisation of the Russiall economy〉 〉
く
Cooperation in pionty scctors of the economy〉 〉, く
and《 Interegional cOOperation〉 〉,.

Throughout the Joint Meeting, both panies expresscd interest in deepening mutual
understanding of a va五 ety of issues and challengcs in above― mentioned areas, In patticular,
both parties sharcd he sigllincancc of ongOing cooperation to、1vards the mode■ lisation of theRussian economy,notably capitahsing on t'Society 5,0")Japan's initiative tO rcanse the supersmart societyl.

On the basis of exchange ofvicws On coopcration in p五 oitised sectors as、 ven as interegional
coopcration(espCCially the Russiall Far East),bOth partics acknowledged the imperat市

c totake action in the short and mid/1ong telllls tOwards the govcmments ofthe Russiall Federationand Japan,including in he fo二 ニ
ェl ofjoint policy recommendations where ncccssary,
恥hile the representatives for RSPP underlined the prospects of using special investincnt

contracts(SPIC)aS a tOol for suppoHing large investinent prttcCtS fOr he creation ormodcnlisation of industrial production,1(eidaば cn delegatcs dre、 v the attention of the RSPP
side to longstanding issues facing Japanese companies、vhen doing business in Russia,taking

some concrete examplcs shown in Keidaば eǹrecent suⅣ ey on busincss climate in Russia2.
Keidanrcn delegatcs also took note of l)he prOposals of represcntat市 cs for Russian regions(Khて おarovsk Territory,the RcpuЫ ic of Chuvashia,etc.),2)he largest industial parks inWhscow in 2018,and 3)the inVitation ttom he Skolkovo Found誠 lon to pttticipatc in thelargest technological confcrcnce ̀Startup Village' in Russia in Junc 2018, as、ven as in thc

cvent"Day ofJapanese]3usiness'tin the sccond halfof2018,
Taking into consideration that thc year 2018、 vill be Wthc Year of Russia in JapanW as wcll as''thc lFear of Japan in RussiaW,RSPP and Keidanren agreed to hold the 15th Joint Ⅳleeting inTokyo,Japan at a tilne convenient for the both parties.

This Joint Statcmcnt、 vas compiled and signed in two o五 ginals in English on 28 Novembcr

2017

Cha五 ニlanュapanesc Comttlittee on Econo■ ■c

Japan… Russia Business CooperatiOn Committce

Coopcration

Keldanren

Chair

RSPP
ShokhinTeruo Asada

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