KYOTO (Sputnik) — Russia made an offer to Japan regarding nanotechnology cooperation, the CEO of the country's nanotechnology company Rusnano, Anatoly Chubais said Sunday.
"Today I had a meeting with minister Seko [Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko], in November he will likely visit Moscow, we introduced certain detailed offers, and hope to hear a feedback by November," Chubais told RIA Novosti in an interview.
Earlier in the day, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said that strengthening cooperation between Russia and Japan in the sphere of science, technology and innovations would become crucial to implementation of the economic cooperation plan proposed by the Japanese prime minister.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe presented a bilateral economic plan during his visit to Russia's southern city of Sochi in May. The plan covers such areas as oil and gas development and the modernization of ports and airports in the Far East.