MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 09th September, 2018) Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed Sunday in a greeting to the participants and spectators of the international Sovcomflot (SCF) Far East Tall Ships Regatta 2018 his confidence that the event would encourage humanitarian contacts in the Asia-Pacific region.
"I am confident that the regatta will be held successfully and will encourage humanitarian contacts in the Pacific Rim and, of course, will become a memorable event for the participants of the Eastern Economic Forum, which will also be held in Vladivostok in the coming days," Putin said as quoted in a telegram released on the Kremlin official website.
The Russian president welcomed the fact that the regatta had been widely supported both in Russia and abroad, adding that the event united dedicated people of all ages.
The SCF Far East Tall Ships Regatta 2018 is being held in Vladivostok on September 9-14. As many as six A-class square-rigged vessels � Russia's Nadezhda and Pallada sailboats, Japan's Kaiwo Maru and Ami frigates, South Korea's Koreana schooner and Bima Suci vessel from Indonesia � will take part in the regatta.
