IN BRIEF: Key statements by Russian Deputy PM Trutnev at EEF

VLADIVOSTOK, September 3. /TASS/. Representatives from 17 unfriendly states are participating in the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, said at a press briefing.

He also noted that Norwegian authorities have no choice but to release the passengers of the Russian research vessel Professor Molchanov, which was previously detained in Spitsbergen at the request of the Ukrainian company Naftogaz.

TASS has compiled the key statements made by the Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy.

EEF Participants

China, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam, the Republic of Korea, India, and Myanmar have sent "the largest delegations" to the EEF in 2026.